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Upon liberation of Greece in 1830, the extreme points of the country were: . North: Psathoura island (39.498°N 24.181°E) in the Northern Sporades, NE of Alonnisos South: Eschati (Mermengas) islet in the Cyclades, around 10 miles SW of Santorini
Gavdos is the southernmost island in Greece and all of Europe. The island has a borderline hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSh ). Summers are constantly hot, with daily temperatures reaching around 33 °C (91 °F) in July and August.
Southernmost point Latitude Antarctica: South Pole: 90°00′S: Antarctic Circle: 66°33′39"S South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (United Kingdom) Southern Thule: 59°42′S Chile: Águila Islet, Diego Ramírez Islands Cape Froward (mainland) 56°32′S 53°53′S Argentina: Southernmost point of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego Monte ...
Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece, and the second southernmost point in mainland Europe. It separates the Messenian Gulf in the west from the Laconian Gulf in the east. Cape Taenarum in classical antiquity was the site of the city of Taenarum ( Ancient Greek : Ταίναρον), now in ruins.
The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, 21,549.6 square kilometres (8,320.3 sq mi) in area, and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. It is connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth , where the Corinth Canal was constructed in 1893.
Cape Lithinon or Cape Lithino, Crete, Greece, is a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete, south of Matala and west of Kaloi Limenes. [1] It marks the southeastern limit of the Bay of Mesara. The promontory rises to about 390 m (Mt. Kefali) and drops off precipitously into the water to the south.
Families and spring breakers are making their way to a giant fake buoy that sits on the water’s edge of Key West and signifies the Southernmost Point 90 miles from Cuba.
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