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Satellite image of the Akrotiri Peninsula. The Akrotiri Peninsula is a short peninsula which includes the southernmost point of the island of Cyprus. It is bounded by Episkopi Bay to the west and Akrotiri Bay to the east and has two capes to the south-west and south-east, known as Cape Zevgari and Cape Gata. [1]
When the Sovereign Base Area was created, those living in Akrotiri were paid to allow them to move elsewhere. However, villagers argued that while the compensation assessed their housing, it did not account for their fields, and thus they were unable to move. In the end, the village remained in place, despite being located at the end of a ...
Akrotiri and Dhekelia cover 3% of the land area of Cyprus, a total of 254 km 2 (98 sq mi) (split 123 km 2 (47 sq mi) (48.5%) at Akrotiri and 131 km 2 (51 sq mi) (51.5%) at Dhekelia). Akrotiri and Dhekelia have a border of 48 km (30 mi) and 108 km (67 mi) with Cyprus respectively. Akrotiri also has a longer coastline than Dhekelia.
Akrotiri Bay (Greek: Κόλπος Ακρωτηρίου, Kolpos Akrotiriou; Turkish: Limasol Körfezi) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea east of the Akrotiri Peninsula on the southern coast of the island of Cyprus.
Cape Zevgari lies within Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus, administered as a Sovereign Base Area. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area and forms the south-west point of the Akrotiri Peninsula which is the most southerly part of the island.
Dreamer's Bay (Greek: Αρχαίο λιμάνι στο Νησσαρούιν) is an ancient port complex located on the southern tip of the Akrotiri Peninsula on Cyprus.The remains have been dated to the Roman or Byzantine period in history and included the port, associated warehouses, quarries and a ship repair yard.