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In Greek mythology, Melissani was the Cave of the Nymphs. It features a lake surrounded with trees and forest, and is located east of the mountains of Evmorfia and Agia Dynati. Tourism is common. The lake's bottom is covered with stones. Plants grow at the opening of the cave. The color of the stone near the opening is stucco to honey-like ...
Two cultural attractions, the fishing villages of Fiscardo and Assos, and other natural attractions, including Melissani underground lake, Drogarati cave and Myrtos beach, have helped popularize Cephalonia. The film Captain Corelli's Mandolin (film) (2001), filmed on the island, made Cephalonia more widely known.
The deepest caves in Greece in order of depth are: Cave of the Lion, Trou de Leon (in French) in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete. Explored depth −1,110m (2008) ending in a sump but exploration of leads is ongoing. Gourgouthakas in the Lefka Ori mountains, Crete. Explored depth −1,100m (2022) ending in a sump with some unexplored leads.
Along the Piccolo Gyro, in the Vlikha area facing Lixouri, lie the ‘Swallow Holes’ of Katovothres, a geological phenomenon. Sea water disappears underground and travels under the island, re-emerging around fourteen days later in the Karavomylos area of Sami, having passed through the nearby, underground Melissani lake. The power of this sea ...
Natural and artificial lakes in Greece. Central Greece. Lake Amvrakia; Lake Dystos, Euboea, presently largely drained; Lake Lysimachia; Lake Ozeros; Lake Saltini; Lake Voulkaria; Lake Yliki
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Khyargas Lake looks and feels more like Greece than anything else. It’s almost other-worldly.” While joining the handful of locals who come to swim in these magical waters, there’s a feeling ...
Until resurveyed in 2022, it was considered the deepest cave in Greece, with an explored depth of 1,208 metres (3,963 ft), [2] and was the 43rd deepest in the world in 2010. [3] Following the re-survey conducted by the Gourgouthakas expedition of 2022, [ 4 ] the depth has been re-evaluated at 1,100 metres (3,600 ft).