Cape Skopia ( el, Άκρα Σκοπιά - ''Ákra Skopiá'', meaning "cape lookout"; anciently grc, Κριθωτή - ''Krithotí'', la, Crithote;
also formerly ''Turkovekla'' and ''Tourkovígla'')
is a headland in
Acarnania
Acarnania ( el, Ἀκαρνανία) is a region of west-central Greece that lies along the Ionian Sea, west of Aetolia, with the Achelous River for a boundary, and north of the gulf of Calydon, which is the entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Today i ...
forming the northern arm of land enclosing the Bay of
Astakos
Astakos ( el, Αστακός, meaning "lobster") is a town and a former municipality in Aetolia-Acarnania, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xiromero, of which it is a municipal unit. . It is southwest of Astakos. It was one of the few natural features of Acarnania that is mentioned in the writings of antiquity, along with the more famous cape of
Actium
Actium or Aktion ( grc, Ἄκτιον) was a town on a promontory in ancient Acarnania at the entrance of the Ambraciot Gulf, off which Octavian gained his celebrated victory, the Battle of Actium, over Antony and Cleopatra, on September 2, 31& ...
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Landforms of Aetolia-Acarnania
Acarnania
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