Sphacteria
Native name: Σφακτηρία | |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E / 36.9301361°N 21.6657250°E |
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Greece | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria, in 19th century context also Sphagia)[1] is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:
- the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.[2]
- the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
- the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence
References
- ^ Purdy, John (1826). The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ... London: R.H. Laurie. p. 213.
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 12.61-63
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