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Integrated map of Crete island, Greece: Date: December 2007: Source: Own work, based on Image:Crete_topographic_map-fr.svg (modified and translated) created by myself ; Compass rose : Image:Brújula.svg (modified) created by Serg!o under GFDL: Author: Eric Gaba : Permission (Reusing this file)
It was known in ancient Egyptian as Keftiu or kftı͗w, strongly suggesting a similar Minoan name for the island. [7] The current name Crete is first attested in the 15th century BC in Mycenaean Greek texts, written in Linear B, through the words ke-re-te 𐀐𐀩𐀳, *Krētes; later Greek: Κρῆτες, plural of Κρής) [8] and ke-re-si ...
The Map has been updated to include some missing territories of Greece; fixed outline and color differences for some Greek islands in the Ionian and Aegean Seas that could confuse the readers. 22:34, 16 January 2015: 7,304 × 7,315 (1.74 MB) SilentResident
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The second largest island in area is Euboea or Evvia, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the Central Greece region. After the third and fourth largest Greek islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.
It is more widely known as North Road Axis of Crete (Greek: Βόρειος Οδικός Άξονας Κρήτης, BOAK) and is Greece's only motorway that is not on its mainland, but on an island. Certain parts have already been completed, as of summer 2007, such as the bypasses at Heraklion , Rethymno and Chania .
Forget fly and flop: central Crete’s highlands have long been a stronghold of resistance against invaders throughout the island’s history. Len Williams takes a drive through this fascinatingly ...
The National Road 90 is a large expressway on the West-East axis in Crete that connects the westernmost city and port, Kissamos with the easternmost, Sitia. It is also part of two major European routes: E65 (Kissamos-Chania) and ( E75 Chania-Rethymno-Heraklion-Agios Nikolaos-Sitia).