Antikythera

Antikythera or Anticythera is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. In antiquity the island was known as Aigilia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Kythira island. Antikythera may also refer to the Kythira-Antikythira Strait, through which modified Mediterranean water enters the Sea of Crete. Its land area is 20.43 square kilometres, and it lies 38 kilometres south-east of Kythira. It is the most distant part of the Attica region from its heart in the Athens metropolitan area. It is lozenge-shaped, 10.5 km NNW to SSE by 3.4 km ENE to WSW. It is notable for being the location of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism and for the historical Antikythera wreck. Its main settlement and port is Potamós. The only other settlements are Galanianá, and Charchalianá. Antikythera is periodically visited by the Ablemon Nautical Company ferry F/B Ionis on its route between Piraeus and Kissamos-Kastelli on Crete.

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