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Elasa () is an island that can be found northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea, about from the palm tree forest of Vai. It is rocky and uninhabited covering . Its highest point is above sea level. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi.

Key facts

Islands.name
Elasa
Islands.native_name
Ελάσα
Islands.native_name_lang
el
Islands.image_name
Elasa.jpg
Islands.image_caption
Elasa island on the right.Kyriamadi island on the left.
Islands.map
Greece
Islands.archipelago
Cretan Islands
Islands.area_km2
1.746
Islands.highest_mount
79
Islands.country
Greece
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
Region
Islands.country_admin_divisions
Crete
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
Regional unit
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
Lasithi
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
Municipality
Islands.population
0
Islands.population_as_of
2001

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Environmentally protected area
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Elasa () is an island that can be found northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea, about from the palm tree forest of Vai. It is rocky and uninhabited covering . Its highest point is above sea level. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi.

==Environmentally protected area== Elasa is a neighbour of the Dionysades islands and is part of an environmentally protected area with many rare plants and animals including the Mediterranean monk seal.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elasa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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