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Aerial photo of the castle A plan of the Kantara Castle.. Kantara is situated on an elevation of 550–600 metres (1,800–1,970 ft) above sea level.The castle is surrounded by ridges of barren granite and sandstone bedrock which were used as the main building materials for the castle's construction.
In the remaining four months of the year, the temperatures tend to remain mild, while sometimes exceeding 20 °C (68 °F) during the day. In Limassol, in the period January–February, the average maximum temperature is 17–18 °C (63–64 °F) during the day and 8–9 °C (46–48 °F) at night. In other coastal locations in Cyprus, the ...
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Lowest temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: −69.6 °C (−93.3 °F); Greenland Ice Sheet, Greenland on 22 December 1991. [197] Coldest average monthly temperature in the Northern Hemisphere: −54.1 °C (−65.4 °F); Oymyakon, Russia for the month of January 1931. [295]
Kantara Castle Κάστρο της Καντάρας / Kantara Kalesi: Famagusta ... Northern Cyprus Control UN Control British bases. See also. List of castles
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia . It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the other two being Kantara and Buffavento .
Kantara monastery (Greek: Μονή Καντάρας, or Greek: Ιερά Μονή Παναγίας Κανταριώτισσας) is a monastery in Cyprus dedicated to Panagia Kantariotissa, or Our Lady of Kantara.
It is much less densely populated than the average of Northern Cyprus, with a population density of 26 people per km 2 in 2010. The town of Trikomo (İskele), the district capital, is considered to be the "gateway" and the geographical starting point of the peninsula, along with the neighboring village of Bogazi (Boğaz).