Crete
Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and is the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea - after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. It is located between the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea, south of the Peloponnese.Tap on the map to travel |
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Heraklion
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Heraklion or Iraklio is the major city and capital of Crete, the largest of the Greek islands.
Chania
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Chania is a beautiful port town on the northwest coast of Crete, with an atmosphere reflecting its Venetian and Turkish past.
Rethymno
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Rethymno or Rethimno is a beautiful city on the island of Crete in Greece.
Destinations
Lasithi
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Lasithi is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion.
Chania
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Chania, also spelled Hania, is one of the four regional units of Crete; it covers the westernmost quarter of the island.
Crete
- Type: Region with 623,000 residents
- Description: island of Greece
- Categories: island and tourist destination
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of centre
35.1667° or 35° 10' northLongitude of centre
25° eastPopulation
623,000Elevation
629 metres (2,064 feet)GeoNames ID
258764Wikidata ID
Q34374Crete Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kreta
- Albanian: Kreta
- Albanian: Kretë
- Amharic: ቀርጤስ
- Amharic: ክሬታ
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κρήτα
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κρήτη
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): Κρῆται
- Arabic: Krete
- Arabic: أقريطش
- Arabic: إقريطش
- Arabic: جزيرة كريت
- Arabic: كريت
- Aragonese: Creta
- Armenian: Կրետե
- Armenian: Կրետէ
- Asturian: Creta
- Azerbaijani: Krit
- Balinese: Kréta
- Basque: Kreta
- Belarusian: Востраў Крыт
- Belarusian: Крыт
- Bengali: ক্রিট
- Bosnian: Kreta
- Bosnian: Krit
- Breton: Kreta
- Breton: Kretat
- Breton: Kretia
- Bulgarian: Крит
- Catalan: Creta
- Catalan: Cretencs
- Catalan: Illa de Creta
- Cebuano: Crete
- Central Kurdish: کریت
- Chinese: Crete
- Chinese: 克里特
- Chinese: 克里特大区
- Chinese: 克里特岛
- Chinese: 克里特島
- Chinese: 革哩底
- Chuvash: Крит
- Corsican: Creta
- Croatian: Kreta
- Czech: Kriti
- Czech: Kréta
- Danish: Kreta
- Dimli (individual language): Girit
- Dutch: Candia
- Dutch: Creta
- Dutch: Kirid
- Dutch: Kreta
- Dutch: Kretenzer
- Eastern Mari: Крит
- Egyptian Arabic: كريت
- Esperanto: Insulo Kreto
- Esperanto: Kreto
- Estonian: Kreeta
- Estonian: Kreeta saar
- Faroese: Kreta
- Finnish: Kreeta
- French (Historic): Candie
- French: Crète
- French: île de Crète
- Galician: Creta
- Galician: Illa de Creta
- Georgian: კრეტა
- German: Creta
- German: Girit
- German: Kreta
- German: Kriti
- Gothic: 𐌺𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰
- Greek: Kríti
- Greek: Κρήτη
- Gujarati: ક્રેટ
- Hausa: Crete
- Hebrew: כריתים
- Hebrew: כרתים
- Hebrew: מחוז כרתים
- Hindi: क्रीट
- Hindi: क्रीत
- Hungarian: Kréta
- Hungarian: Κρήτη
- Icelandic: Krít
- Ido: Kriti
- Indonesian: Crete
- Indonesian: Kreta
- Indonesian: Krete
- Indonesian: Pulau Kreta
- Indonesian: Pulau Krete
- Interlingua: Creta
- Interlingue: Creta
- Irish: An Chréit
- Italian: Creta
- Italian: isola di Creta
- Japanese: クリート島
- Japanese: クレタ
- Japanese: クレタ島
- Japanese: クレータ
- Japanese: クレータ島
- Javanese: Kreta
- Kannada: ಕ್ರೀಟ್
- Kazakh: Крит
- Kirghiz: Крит
- Korean: 크레타
- Korean: 크레타 섬
- Korean: 크레타 지역
- Korean: 크레테
- Korean: 크레테 섬
- Korean: 크리티
- Korean: 크리티 섬
- Korean: 크리티 주
- Korean: 크리티 지역
- Kurdish: Krît
- Latin: Creta
- Latvian: Krēta
- Latvian: Krētas sala
- Limburgan: Kreta
- Lingua Franca Nova: Criti
- Lithuanian: Kreta
- Lithuanian: Kretos periferija
- Lombard: Creta
- Low German: Kreta
- Lower Sorbian: Kreta
- Luxembourgish: Kreta
- Macedonian: Крит
- Malagasy: Kreta
- Malagasy: Krity
- Malay: Crete
- Malay: Kriti
- Malayalam: ക്രീറ്റ്
- Marathi: क्रीट
- Mazanderani: کرت
- Min Dong Chinese: Gáik-lī-dī
- Min Nan Chinese: Crete
- Min Nan Chinese: Kriti
- Mingrelian: კრეტა
- Moroccan Arabic: كريت
- Northern Frisian: Kreeta
- Norwegian: Kreta
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kreta
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kretar
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kreter
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kríti
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Candia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Creta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Crete
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Girit
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kreta
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kriti
- Occitan (post 1500): Creta
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܪܛܐ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܪܝܛܐ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܩܪܝܛܝ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Creto
- Ossetian: Крит
- Persian: جزیرهٔ کرت
- Persian: جزیره کرت
- Persian: کرت
- Persian: کریت
- Polish: Kreta
- Pontic: Κρήτη
- Portuguese: Creta
- Portuguese: Cretense
- Portuguese: Ilha de Creta
- Pushto: کرت
- Quechua: Creta
- Quechua: Kriti
- Romanian: Creta
- Romanian: Insula Creta
- Russian: Крит
- Rusyn: Крета
- Sardinian: Creta
- Saterfriesisch: Kreta
- Scots: Crete
- Serbian: Крета
- Serbian: Крит
- Serbo-Croatian: Krit
- Sicilian: Creta
- Sicilian: Crita
- Silesian: Kreta
- Sinhala: ක්රෙටේ
- Slovak: Kréta
- Slovenian: Kreta
- South Azerbaijani: کرت
- Spanish: Candia
- Spanish: Creta
- Spanish: Cretense
- Spanish: Isla de Creta
- Swahili: Krete
- Swedish: Kreta
- Swedish: Kretaner
- Swiss German: Kreta
- Tagalog: Creta
- Tamil: கிரீட்
- Tatar: Крит
- Telugu: క్రీట్
- Thai: Crete
- Thai: ครีต
- Thai: เกาะครีต
- Thai: เกาะครีท
- Tosk Albanian: Kreta
- Tsonga: Crete
- Turkish: Crete
- Turkish: Girid
- Turkish: Girit
- Turkish: Girit Adası
- Ukrainian: Крит
- Ukrainian: критяни
- Ukrainian: периферія Крит
- Upper Sorbian: Kreta
- Urdu: اقریطش
- Urdu: جزیرہ کریٹ
- Urdu: کریٹ
- Uzbek: Krit
- Venetian: Candia
- Venetian: Creta
- Venetian: Càndia
- Vietnamese: Crete
- Vietnamese: Kríti
- Vietnamese: đảo Crete
- Waray (Philippines): Krete
- Welsh: Creta
- Welsh: Crete
- Western Armenian: Կրետէ
- Western Frisian: Kreta
- Western Panjabi: کریٹ
- Wu Chinese: 克里特岛
- Yue Chinese: 克里特
- Zeeuws: Kreta
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Crete. Photo: MJJR, CC BY-SA 3.0.