Psyttaleia
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Psyttaleia () is an uninhabited island in the Saronic Gulf between the harbor of Piraeus and the Kynosoura peninsula on Salamis Island, Greece. It covers an area of 0.375 square kilometers. The island houses Athens' largest sewage treatment plant, which is also the largest in Europe, with a projected daily maximum drying capacity of 750 tons of sewage. Administratively it is part of the Municipality of Piraeus.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Psyttaleia
- Islands.native_name
- Ψυττάλεια
- Islands.native_name_lang
- el
- Islands.image_name
- Psyttaleia.jpg
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- Aerial view
- Islands.map
- Greece
- Islands.archipelago
- Saronic Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.375
- Islands.country
- Greece
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Attica
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Regional unit
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Piraeus
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Municipality
- Islands.population
- uninhabited
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2001
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Sewage treatment plant
- Other structures and services
- References
- External links
Psyttaleia () is an uninhabited island in the Saronic Gulf between the harbor of Piraeus and the Kynosoura peninsula on Salamis Island, Greece. It covers an area of 0.375 square kilometers. The island houses Athens' largest sewage treatment plant, which is also the largest in Europe, with a projected daily maximum drying capacity of 750 tons of sewage. Administratively it is part of the Municipality of Piraeus.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Psyttaleia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
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