Antikythera

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Image:Flag of Greece.svg Antikythira (Αντικύθηρα)
Coordinates	35°52′ N 23°18′ E
Country	Greece
Periphery	Attica
Prefecture	Piraeus
Population	44 source (2001)
Area	20.43 km²
Population density	2 /km²
Elevation	? m
Postal code	801 00
Area code	27360
Website	www.antikythira.gr

Antikythera (Αντικύθηρα) is a Greek island with a land area of approximately 20 square kilometers, 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. It is lozenge-shaped, 10.5km NNW to SSE by 3.4km 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 Potamos. Antikythera is sporadically visited by the ANEK Lines ferry Myrtidossia, on its route between Piraeus (Athens) and Kissamos-Kastelli in Crete.

Between the 4th and 1st centuries BC, it was used as a base by a group of Cilician pirates until their destruction by Pompey the Great. Their fort can still be seen atop a cliff to the NE of the island.

[edit] External links

http://www.antikythira.gr Information in Greek and English
http://www.kythira.info Information in Greek, English and German
http://www.antikythera.8m.com Information in Greek and English
Google satellite view of the island

*Municipalities and communities* of the Piraeus Prefecture**
Aegina • Agios Ioannis Rentis • Ampelakia • Drapetsona • Hydra • Keratsini • Korydallos • Kythera • Methana • Nikaia • Perama • Piraeus • Poros • Salamis • Spetses • Troizina
Agkistri • Antikythera