Antikythera
Also known as Cerigotto
Antikythera ( , ; , ) or Anticythera, known in antiquity as Aigilia (), is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Kythira island.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Antikythera
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Αντικύθηρα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Kythiron.png
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Kythera and Antikythera (south) within Attica
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Attica
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Islands
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Kythira
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 39
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 20.43
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 801 00
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Antikythera ( , ; , ) or Anticythera, known in antiquity as Aigilia (), is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Kythira island.
North of Antikythera is the Kythira-Antikythira Strait, through which Mediterranean water enters the Sea of Crete.
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