Skip to content
Category

Landforms of Laconia

page 1
Q654616
Monemvasia (, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located in mainland Greece on a tied island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. Monemvasia is connected to the rest of the mainland by a tombolo (sandy isthmus) in length.
Taygetus
thumb|285px|Mount Taygetus seen from Sparta (municipality)|Sparta, located on the east side of the Eurotas rift valley. The fault scarps marking the strike of the Sparta Fault are visible on the eastern face of the mountain. The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus () is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet Elias" (Elijah).
Cape Matapan
cape at south tip of Greece, ancient Taenarum
Eurotas
river of Peloponnese, Greece
Mani Peninsula
peninsula in south Peloponnese, Greece
Elafonisos
Elafonisos () is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. It lies off the coast of Cape Malea and Vatika. The area of the island is .
Cape Maleas
cape in Monemvasia municipality, Peloponnese, Greece
Laconian Gulf
gulf in the south-eastern Peloponnese, in Greece
Parnon
Parnon or Parnonas () or Malevos (Μαλεβός) is a mountain range, or massif, on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas Valley. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains.
Cranae
Cranae or Kranai ( ) (also called Marathonisi) is a Greek island on the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese. Located just off the coast of the port town Gytheio (ancient Gythium), the island is linked to the mainland by a causeway built in 1898.
Oenus
river in Sparta municipality, Greece
Cape Tigani
thumb | right | Tigani peninsula, Greece. Tigani (Τηγάνι) is a small peninsula in the landscape of Mani in southern Greece. The name is Greek for "frying pan". Tigani is surrounded by the sea except for a narrow strip of land that connects to the mainland. The ruins of a probable crusader castle can be found there. The castle's position and its walls made it extremely hard to capture.
Koulochera
Koulochera () is a mountain in southeastern Laconia, Greece. Its elevation is 1,125 m.