Akamas
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cape
- Country
- Cyprus
- Elevation
- 193
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Image
- View from Moutti Tis Sotiras, Akamas Paninsula, Cyprus.jpg
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- Commons category
- Akamas Peninsula
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Protected status
- Biology and ecology
- Akamas in local and popular culture
- Gorges
- Tourism
- Repeated arson
- References
thumb|View from Moutti Tis Sotiras towards the cape
Akamas (Greek: , ), is a promontory and cape at the northwest extremity of Cyprus with an area of 230 square kilometres. Ptolemy described it as a thickly wooded headland, divided into two by summits (a mountain range) rising towards the north. The peninsula is named after Akamas, a son of Theseus, hero of the Trojan War and founder of the city-kingdom of Soli.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Akamas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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