Pontikonisi
Sign in to savePontikonisi (, "Mouse Island") is a Greek islet near the island of Corfu. Its prominent feature is a Byzantine chapel of Christ Pantokrator, dating from the 11th or 12th century.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Pontikonisi
- Islands.native_name
- Ποντικονήσι
- Islands.native_name_lang
- el
- Islands.image_name
- Pontikonisi Island.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- The islet of Pontikonisi
- Islands.map
- Greece Corfu
- Islands.location
- Mediterranean Sea
- Islands.area_ha
- 1
- Islands.country
- Greece
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Regional unit
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Municipality
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Corfu
- Islands.population
- Uninhabited
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Ionian Islands
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.01
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Image
- Ποντικονήσι - Islet of Pontikonisi - Corfu - Ionian Islands - Greece - 18 Sept. 2008.jpg
- Width
- 0.08
- Length
- 0.12
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- native label
- Ποντικονήσι
- located in/on physical feature
- Ionian Sea
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- Pontikonisi (Corfu)
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Encyclopedic overview
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- References
Pontikonisi (, "Mouse Island") is a Greek islet near the island of Corfu. Its prominent feature is a Byzantine chapel of Christ Pantokrator, dating from the 11th or 12th century.
The island of Pontikonisi might have served as an inspiration for Arnold Böcklin's painting Isle of the Dead.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pontikonisi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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