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    Kythira Strait (also Kythirian Straits, Kythira–Antikythira Strait or Kithera Channel) is a waterway off Kythira in Southern Greece. The Kythira–Antikythira...
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    convoys. The ships were en route to rendezvous with the cruisers in the Kythira Strait when she was struck by three bombs dropped by Stukas of StG 2 and sank...
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    Islands March 1944 Unknown HMS Sickle Kythira Strait, Greece June 1944 Most likely sunk by naval mine HMS Stratagem Strait of Malacca 22 November 1944 Sunk...
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    damaged Naiad and the rest of his Force C. Force A1 headed east into the Kythira Strait, rendezvousing with Force C between 13:30 and 14:00. As the more senior...
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    submarine UB-47 58 miles south-east of Cape Matapan in Greece, in the Kythira Strait. The ship went down fairly quickly with a loss of 36 crew members and...
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  • earthquake reportedly occurred at around 09:00 on 9 March 1630 in the Kythira Strait, off the coast of Crete. Until the mid-1990s, the earthquake had traditionally...
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    Antikythera (category Kythira)
    reform, it is part of the municipality of Kythira island. Antikythera may also refer to the Kythira-Antikythira Strait, through which Mediterranean water enters...
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  • and Archaeological Evidence of Earthquakes and Tsunamis Felt in the Kythira Strait, Greece.". Tsunami Research at the End of a Critical Decade. Kluwer...
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    May 1941 A Town-class light cruiser sunk by German dive bombers in Kythira Strait about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) north of Crete. 35°50′N 023°00′E...
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    to Ultra signals intercepts the Allies sent a squadron through the Kythira Strait to the west of Crete. This was Force D, consisting of the cruisers HMS Ajax...
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  • death 22 May 1941(1941-05-22) (aged 23) Place of death HMS Gloucester, Kythira Strait, off Crete Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Position(s) Outside-right Youth...
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    Taranto; In April, south of Cape Krio and in Kythira Strait; In May, between Alexandria and Kasos Strait at first, then south of Crete. On May 10, 1941...
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  • speed of the target. From 15 to 22 March 1941 she was deployed in the Kythira Strait. On the night of March 19, Malachite sighted a cruiser escorted by several...
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    considered likely that she was sunk by mines on her way back to Malta in the Kythira Strait on or around 18 June. During her service with the Royal Navy, Sickle...
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    Gulf, SE Laconian Gulf, ESE Corfu Kefalonia Ithaca Zakynthos Lefkada Paxi Kythira Antikythera Antipaxi Arkoudi Atokos Kalamos Kastos Ksamil Islands Kravia...
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    Rock (off the Northwest point) and across to Cape Trakhili in Kythira Island, through Kythira to the Northwest point (Cape Karavugia) and thence to Cape...
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    It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only 40 m (130 ft) at its narrowest point). In general outline it is a...
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    72839; 19.63481 (Nisída Karávi) Kythira, 36°15′27″N 22°59′51″E / 36.25750°N 22.99750°E / 36.25750; 22.99750 (Kythira) Kythros, 38°35′07″N 20°47′58″E...
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    of Venice, namely Syros, Aegina, Ios, Paros, Tinos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kythira, and Naxos. In the same year, Barbarossa raided Corfu and obliterated the...
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  • handkerchief"), "Στου Πάπα το μπουγάζι" ("In the Pope's strait"), "Ανάμεσα Τσιρίγο" ("Between Kythira"), "Από ξένο τόπο" ("From a foreign place"), "Από την...
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    just to the north of Karpathos, separated from it by a 100 m (330 ft) wide strait. It is part of the Dodecanese archipelago. In ancient times, a city-state...
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  • Second largest ocean, including adjacent Denmark Strait, Greenland Sea, Norwegian Sea, Barents Sea, Strait of Gibraltar and Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea...
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    populous island; Euboea, separated from the mainland by the 60 m-wide Euripus Strait, is the second largest, followed by Lesbos and Rhodes. The Greek islands...
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  • Ioannina, Preveza, Thesprotia) Ionian Islands (Corfu, Ithaca, Kefalonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxi, Zakynthos) Macedonia (Chalkidiki, Drama, Florina, Grevena...
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    the Mediterranean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic gum and its nickname is "the...
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    a classical allusion for the submarine communications cable across Bass Strait from Apollo Bay, Victoria to Stanley, Tasmania. A statue of Amphitrite stands...
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    (656 ft) wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait. Its surface area is about 31 square kilometres (12 sq mi) and it has 3...
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  • on seven individual islands, notably: Cephalonia (Kephalonia), Cerigo (Kythira), Ithaca, Paxos, Santa Maura (Leucada/Lefkada) and Zante (Zakynthos) in...
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    Turkey, from which it is separated by the 1.6-kilometre-wide (1.0 mi) Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region. In ancient...
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  • 36.000; 23.167 (Aegean Sea) Aegean Sea Passing between the islands of Kythira and Antikythera,  Greece Passing just north of Saria Island,  Greece 36°0′N...
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