Mikri Koprana
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 View from the west of the Mikri Koprana mountain. |
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| height | 1120 m | |
| location | near Tzermiado ; Lasithi , Crete ( Greece ) | |
| Mountains | Selena Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 13 '5 " N , 25 ° 28' 18" E | |
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| particularities | Late Minoan hilltop settlement, Minoan sanctuary |
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Mikri Koprana ( Greek Μικρή Κοπράνα = Small Koprana ) is an approximately 1120 m high elevation of the Selena Mountains in the east of the Greek island of Crete .
While the summit is accessible from the south and east, it drops steeply to the north. In the west it first drops steeply a few meters and then runs out into a depression. The late Minoan hilltop settlement of Karphi was located in this depression between Mikri Koprana and the Karfi summit, about 170 m further west . A Minoan sanctuary was found on the southern slope of the mountain. The Megali Koprana ( Great Koprana ) elevation is around 400 m south .
The name Koprana means excrement and is supposed to indicate that herds of sheep and goats were previously kept here and that their legacies were therefore discovered.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manolis Papadakis: ΑΘΙΒΟΛΕΣ . Sitia 2011, p. 16 ( PDF file; 6.2 MB ).
literature
- Eberhard Fohrer: Crete . 18th edition. Michael Müller Verlag, Erlangen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89953-453-5 , p. 317 .