Akrotiri (
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: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced ) means "cape, promontory". As a result, many different seaside places bear this name. Akrotiri may refer to:
Places
Cyprus
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Akrotiri and Dhekelia, officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA),, ''Periochés Kyríarchon Váseon Akrotiríou ke Dekélias''; tr, Ağrotur ve Dikelya İngiliz Egemen Üs Bölgeleri is a British Overseas Territory o ...
, a British Overseas Territory
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Akrotiri (village)
Akrotiri ( gr, Ακρωτήρι, literally ''Cape'', tr, Ağrotur) is a village within the Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA wit ...
, a village in the Akrotiri Peninsula
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Akrotiri Bay
Akrotiri Bay ( el, Κόλπος Ακρωτηρίου, ''Kolpos Akrotiriou''; tr, Limasol Körfezi) is a part of the Mediterranean Sea east of the Akrotiri Peninsula on the southern coast of the island of Cyprus. The Western Sovereign Base Area ...
, a bay in the south
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Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus)
The Akrotiri Peninsula is a short peninsula which includes the southernmost point of the island of Cyprus. It is bounded by Episkopi Bay to the west and Akrotiri Bay to the east and has two capes to the south-west and south-east, known as Cape Zev ...
, a peninsula bounded by Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay
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RAF Akrotiri
RAF Akrotiri ( el, Βασιλική Πολεμική Αεροπορία Ακρωτηρίου) is a large Royal Air Force base on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which compr ...
, a British Royal Air Force base
Greece
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Akrotiri, Crete
Akrotiri ( el, Ακρωτήρι, literally "promontory") is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal ...
, a peninsula and a municipality on the island of Crete
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Akrotiri (prehistoric city)
Akrotiri (Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced ) was a Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini (Thera).
The settlement was destroyed in the Theran eruption sometime in the 16th century BC and buried in volcanic a ...
, a Minoan settlement on the island of Santorini (Thera)
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Akrotiri, Santorini
Akrotiri ( el, Ακρωτήρι) is a village on the island of Santorini in Greece. It is located 15 kilometers south of the capital Fira, built on the slopes of a hill offering staggering views of the caldera cliffs. On top of this hill, there ...
, a modern village near the Minoan settlement above
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Castle of Akrotiri
The Castle of Akrotiri, also known as Castle Akrotiri, Goulas or La Ponta, is a former Venetian castle on the Greek island of Santorini. The now-ruined castle lies at the center of the village of Akrotiri.
History
The castle was built in the ...
, a former Venetian castle in the Santorini village above
See also
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Akrotiri Salt Lake
Limassol Salt Lake (also known as Akrotiri Salt Lake) is the largest inland body of water on the island of Cyprus, in Akrotiri and Dhekelia, United Kingdom, an overseas territory.
It lies due south-west of the sprawling city of Limassol and measur ...
, a popular wintering place for flamingos in the Akrotiri Peninsula in Cyprus
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Akrotiri Boxer Fresco
The Akrotiri Boxer Fresco, discovered in 1967, is one of the Wall Paintings of Thera and a leading example of Minoan painting. It is a fresco depicting two young boys wearing boxing gloves and belts and dates back to the Bronze Age, 1700 BCE. Ar ...
, a Bronze Age painting in the Greek prehistoric city above
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