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- Instance of
- peninsula
- Official name
- Καρπασία
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Famagusta District
- Area
- 898
- Elevation
- 281
- Time zone
- Eastern European Time
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Image
- Karpasia.png
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- Karpaz Peninsula
- native label
- Καρπασία
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Encyclopedic overview
The Karpas Peninsula as seen from space.
The Karpas Peninsula (Greek: Καρπασία, romanized: Karpasía; Turkish: Karpaz), also known as the Karpass, Karpaz or Karpasia, is a long, finger-like peninsula that is one of the most prominent geographical features of the island of Cyprus. Its farthest extent is Cape Apostolos Andreas, and its major population centre is the town of Rizokarpaso (Greek: Ριζοκάρπασο; Turkish: Dipkarpaz). It is currently under the de facto control of the internationally-unrecognised state of Northern Cyprus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karpaz Peninsula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.