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The earliest references to the island of Crete come from texts from the Syrian city of Mari dating from the 18th century BC, where the island is referred to as Kaptara. [6] This is repeated later in Neo-Assyrian records and the Bible . It was known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu or kftı͗w, strongly suggesting a similar Minoan name for the island.
The point of maximum reflectance is visible as a bright white region to the north-west of the island. Surface currents causing variations in the degree of reflectance are visible near the south-western shoreline of Crete and the smaller island of Gavdos (image lower left).
Heraklion or Herakleion (/ h ɪ ˈ r æ k l i ə n / hih-RAK-lee-ən; Greek: Ηράκλειο, Irákleio, pronounced), [4] sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion regional unit.
Crete Without the Gods (1935), a Cretan documentary which included a scene of the leper colony. [27] The Island of Silence (1959), a film by Líla Kourkoulákou , which was shot on the island. Last Words (1968), an experimental short film by Werner Herzog. It was partially shot on the island and focuses on the closure of the colony.
A NASA image of Crete A NASA image of Rhodes Ithaca is to the upper right of the larger Kefalonia island in this picture. The small island in the top-right corner is the uninhabited Atokos island. The following are the 50 largest Greek islands listed by surface area.
Gavdos (Greek: Γαύδος, ) is the southernmost Greek island, located to the south of its much larger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It forms a community with surrounding islets and was part of the former Selino Province .
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Chania (Greek: Χανιά, Khaniá, pronounced ⓘ), also sometimes romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania regional unit.It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about 70 km (43 mi) west of Rethymno and 145 km (90 mi) west of Heraklion.