Megalonisi ( el, Μεγαλονήσι, "big island") is an uninhabited islet off the southern coast of the

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island of

Crete Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and ...

in the

Libyan Sea The Libyan Sea (Greek , Latin ''Libycum Mare'', Arabic البحر الليبي) is the portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of the African coast of ancient ''Libya'', i.e. Cyrenaica, and Marmarica (the coast of what is now eastern Libya and ...

that hosts a

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. The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to

Gortyn Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna ( el, Γόρτυν, , or , ) is a municipality, and an archaeological site, on the Mediterranean island of Crete away from the island's capital, Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka. Gortyn ...

which was the ancient capital of Crete. It is administered within Heraklion regional unit.

Group of islets

There is a group of four islets in the bay including

Papadoplaka Papadoplaka ( el, Παπαδόπλακα) is a natural reef islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea. The islet is in a bay between cape Lithino and cape Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the a ...

(to the west), Megalonisi (with the lighthouse),

Mikronisi Mikronisi ( el, Μικρονήσι, "small island", also known as ''Agios Pavlos'' el, Άγιος Παύλος, "St Paul") is an islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea. The islet is in a bay between the capes ...

(also known as Agios Pavlos), and

Trafos Trafos ( el, Τράφος) is an islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan sea. The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the ancient capital of Crete. ...

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