Peloponnese

The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth.

Geography

The Peloponnese covers an area of some 21,549 km² (8,320 square miles). It constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece, although technically it is an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893. It has two land connections with the rest of Greece, a natural one at the Isthmus of Corinth and an artificial one in the shape of the Rio-Antirio bridge (completed 2004).

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Corinth Canal - 1893 - Isthmus of Corinth - Rio-Antirio bridge - 2004

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The peninsula has a mountainous interior and deeply indented coasts, with Mount Killíni its highest point at 2,376 m (7,795 ft). It possesses four south-pointing peninsulas, Messenia, the Mani Peninsula, Epidaurus, and the Argolid in the far northeast of the Peloponnese.

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Killíni - Messenia - Mani Peninsula - Epidaurus - The Argolid

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Two groups of islands lie off the Peloponnesan coast: the Argo-Saronic Islands to the east, and the Ionian Islands to the west. The island of Kythira, off the Epidaurus peninsula to the south of the Peloponnese, is considered to be part of the Ionian Islands.

Related Topics:
Argo-Saronic Islands - Ionian Islands - Kythira

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