Drakonera or Dhragonára (Greek: Δρακονέρα) is an island of the Echinades, among the Ionian Islands group of Greece. Drakonera forms part of the northern group of the Echinades, which are called the Drakoneras (or Dhragonares) after the island. The mainland with the Aitoloakarnania prefecture is to the north and east. Several islets surround the area. It is administered by the municipality of Ithaca as well as the Kefalonia prefecture and is northeast of the island. Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... This article is about longitude and latitude; see also UTM coordinate system Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (vertically) and longitude (horizontally); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which... // Headline text This article is about the group of islands west of Greece. ... For other places named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). ... Aitolia_Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty_one prefectures of Greece. ... A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... Mountains can be characterized in several ways. ... In Homeric Greece the islands of Taphos lay in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Acarnania in northwestern Greece, home of sea-going and piratical inhabitants, the Taphians. ... // Headline text This article is about the group of islands west of Greece. ... This article is not the same with another island named Drakonera The Drakoneras or Dhragonares form the northerly grouping of the Echinades islands, which are part of the Ionian Islands group of Greece. ... Aitolia_Acarnania, (Greek: Αιτωλοακαρνανία) also Aetoloacarnania, rarely Aetolia and Acarnania or Aitoloakarnania is one of the fifty_one prefectures of Greece. ... For other places named Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). ... Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallania, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia (Ancient Greek: ÎεÏαλληνία; Modern Greek: ÎεÏαλλονιά or ÎεÏαλονιά ), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. ...
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Drakoneri on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)