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Akamas (Greek: Ακάμας, Turkish: Akama), is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres. [1] Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits [a mountain range] rising towards the north. [ 2 ]
An outcrop of the sheeted dyke complex of the Troodos ophiolite. The Troodos Ophiolite crops out in the central part of Cyprus in a northwest to southeast striking band. The lithospheric mantle crops out in the Troodos Mountains and in the Limassol Forest, Akapnou Forest, on the Akamas Peninsula and near Troullo.
This is a list of islets, [1] islands, and rocks of the island of Cyprus ... Koppo (Nisída Kóppos), islet located in the Akamas peninsula, ...
Proposals for the Akamas National Forest Park are under government review during 2022. [5] References External links. 2018 United Nations List of Protected Areas of ...
Polis (or Polis Chrysochous; Greek: Πόλη Χρυσοχούς or Πόλις Χρυσοχούς, Turkish: Poli) is a town at the north-west end of the island of Cyprus, at the centre of Chrysochous Bay, and on the edge of the Akamas peninsula nature reserve. Polis is served by the fishing port of Latchi.
Centaurea akamantis, the Akamas centaurea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in northwest Cyprus. Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was first published and described in Willdenowia Vol.23 on page 157 in 1993. [2]
Fontana Amorosa is a fresh water pool associated with Aphrodite, goddess of love, on the Akamas Peninsula, [1] near Polis, 48 kilometres north of the city of Paphos, Cyprus. References [ edit ]
British Forces Cyprus retains the right to use 13 retained sites with the remaining 27 having been returned to Cyprus after the Ministry of Defence no longer required them. The most recent sites to be returned were the Berengaria Married Quarters in 2011, because they had become obsolete and the firing range on the Akamas peninsula in 1999-2001.