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2. Malevizi - Wikipedia

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   UTC+2 (EET) • Summer (DST) UTC+3 (EEST) Malevizi (Greek: Μαλεβίζι) is a municipality in Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town of Gazi. [2] The municipality has an area of 291.907 km 2 (112.706 sq mi). [3]

3. Crete - Wikipedia

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   Crete (/ kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south of ...

4. Geography of Greece - Wikipedia

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   Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.

5. Minoan civilization - Wikipedia

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   The Minoan Civilization was centered on the island of Crete, with additional settlements around the Aegean Sea. Crete is located in the south of the Aegean, situated along maritime trade routes that connect Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Because it straddles the Mediterranean and African climate zones, with land at a variety of elevations ...

6. List of islands of Europe - Wikipedia

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   Orust. Hisingen. Tjörn. Other major Atlantic islands: Azores (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Madeira (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Canary Islands (Spain) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Faroe Islands (Denmark) Greenland (Denmark) - geographically a part of ...

7. Samaria Gorge - Wikipedia

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   The Samariá Gorge (Greek: Φαράγγι Σαμαριάς or just Φάραγγας) is a National Park of Greece since 1962 on the island of Crete – a major tourist attraction of the island – and a World's Biosphere Reserve. The gorge is in southwest Crete in the regional unit of Chania. It was created by a small river running between the ...

8. Mount Ida (Crete) - Wikipedia

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   Location in Greece. Location. Crete, Greece. Mount Ida (Greek: Ἴδα), [3][4] known variously as Idha, Ídhi, Idi, and Ita (the massif including the mountain is called Psiloritis, Greek: Ψηλορείτης), [5] is the highest mountain on the island of Crete, with an elevation of 2,456 metres (8,058 ft). It has the highest topographic ...

9. Geography of Europe - Wikipedia

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   Topography of Europe. Some geographical texts refer to a Eurasian continent given that Europe is not surrounded by sea and its southeastern border has always been variously defined for centuries. In terms of shape, Europe is a collection of connected peninsulas and nearby islands. The two largest peninsulas are Europe itself and Scandinavia to ...