Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Greek islands of Crete and Gavdos have seen a steep rise in migrant boats landing on their shores from Libya this year, U.N. data shows, piling pressure on ill-equipped authorities and raising ...
View of Frangokastello plain and Libyan Sea from Crete. Gavdos is barely seen on the horizon at the right Relief map of Mediterranean Sea Libyan Sea. The Libyan Sea (Latin: Libycum Mare; Arabic: البحر الليبي; Greek: Λιβυκό πέλαγος) is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of the African coast of ancient Libya, i.e. Cyrenaica, and Marmarica (the coast of what is now ...
Flag of the Hellenic Coast Guard flown in front of the Coast Guard offices in Rethymno Harbour. The Hellenic Coast Guard is under the authority of the Ministry of Shipping and Island Policy, [9] which is headed by a commandant and assisted by two deputy commandants who all have the rank of vice admiral (Antinavarchos).
Former 1969 US Navy boats, transferred to Greece in 1989. [1] [2] Patrol Boats (9) Tjeld class: HS Andromeda: HS Andromeda HS Pegasus HS Toxotis: P196 P199 P200: Ανδρομέδα Πήγασος Τοξότης: Boat Services Ltd. A/S: 4: Sold to the HN in 1981. To be decommissioned, [1] [2] Kyknos retired in 2021 after being damaged. [9 ...
A coast guard statement said the boat was located about 23.5 nautical miles (27 miles, 43 kilometers) south of Gavdos, a small island off Crete's southern coast, by a passing merchant ship after ...
Print/export Download as PDF; ... YouTube channels launched in 2023 (10 P) ... YouTube channels by year of launch. 2 languages ...
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 .
[citation needed] It was founded in 1967 by numerous shareholders who were inhabitants of Crete. [citation needed] It operates passenger ferries, mainly on the Piraeus–Crete and Adriatic Sea routes. In December 2023, ANEK Lines was acquired by Attica Group, [2] continuing operations as the fourth cruise line subsidiary of Attica Group.