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Antikythera
Αντικύθηρα
Antikythera's harbour Potamos
Antikythera's harbour Potamos
Geography
Coordinates: 35°52′N 23°18′E / 35.867, 23.3
Island Chain: Ionian
Area:[1] 20.43 km² (8 sq.mi.)
Government
Flag of Greece Greece
Periphery: Attica
Prefecture: Piraeus
Capital: Potamos
Statistics
Population: 44 (as of 2001)
Density: 2 /km² (6 /sq.mi.)
Postal Code: 801 00
Area Code: 27360
Website
www.antikythira.gr


Antikythera (Αντικύθηρα) is a Greek island community with a land area of 20.43 square kilometers, lying 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. It is the most distant part of the Piraeus Prefecture from its heart in the Athens metropolitan area. It is lozenge-shaped, 10.5km NNW to SSE by 3.4km ENE to WSW. It is notable for being the location of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism and for the historical Antikythera wreck. antikytheria mechanism File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Ionian Islands Ionia (Greek Ιωνία) was an ancient region of western coastal of Anatolia (now in Turkey). ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Attica (in Greek: Αττική, Attike; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a periphery (subdivision) in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece. ... Piraeus is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... Communities and municipalities of Greece are one of several levels of government within the organizational structure of that country. ... Kythira (Μodern Hellenic: Κύθηρα), also known as Cerigo (Τσιρίγο), also spelt: Kithira, Kythera, Cythera, Cerigo or Tsirigo, is an hellenic island, historically part of the Ionian Islands. ... Piraeus is one of the prefectures of Greece. ... This article is about the capital of Greece. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Antikythera mechanism (main fragment). ... The Antikythera wreck is a ship wreck that was discovered by sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island, Antikythera. ...


Its main settlement and port is Potamós (pop. 18 inhabitants in 2001 census). The only other settlements are Galanianá (pop. 17), and Charchalianá (pop. 9). With only 44 inhabitants, it is the second-least populous community in Greece (after Gramos in Kastoria Prefecture). Antikythera is sporadically visited by the ANEK Lines ferry Myrtidossia, on its route between Piraeus (Athens) and Kissamos-Kastelli in Crete. For the mountain in the same country but in the same prefecture as well as the Ioannina Prefecture, see Gramos Gramos (Greek: Γράμος) is a community in the Kastoria Prefecture, Greece. ... Kastoria (Greek: Καστοριά) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece. ...


Between the 4th and 1st centuries BC, it was used as a base by a group of Cilician pirates until their destruction by Pompey the Great. Their fort can still be seen atop a cliff to the NE of the island. Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD In Antiquity, Cilicia (Κιλικία) was the name of a region, now known as Çukurova, and often a political unit, on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ... This article is about maritime piracy. ... For other meanings see Pompey (disambiguation). ...


Notable people

  • Andreas Anagnostakis (1826-1897) physician

Andreas Anagnostakis, MD, was born on the Greek island of Antikythera in 1826. ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

References

  1. ^ Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www.ypes.gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07.

Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... is the 219th day of the year (220th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

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