Venetiko (Messenia)
| Venetiko (Βενέτικο) | ||
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| Waters | Ionian sea | |
| Archipelago | Inousses | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 41 '50 " N , 21 ° 53' 18" E | |
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| length | 1.74 km | |
| width | 350 m | |
| surface | 1.2 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Venetiko ( Greek Βενέτικο ) is an uninhabited small island in Messenia . It is located south of Cape Akritas near Koroni and is occasionally counted among the islands of the Messenian Inousses .
The ancient name was Theganoussa ( Θηγανούσσα ), Pausanias mentions the island as a "desert island".
The island is designated as a diving area. With Sapientza , Schiza and Cape Akritas it is registered as a protected area in the Natura 2000 ecological network of the EU .
Single receipts
- ^ Peter Levi: Guide to Greece . Central Greece . tape 1 . Penguin, Harmondsworth 1979, ISBN 0-14-044226-X , pp. 187 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 10, 2010]).
- ↑ Pausanias 4.34.
- ↑ Natura 2000 - Standard Data Form: Nisoi Sapientza Kai Schiza, Akrotirio Akritas (GR2550003). Natura 2000 website of the European Environment Agency (English)