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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.

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
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
Commons category
Pontikonisi (Corfu)

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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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