Petalida ( el, Πεταλίδα, "limpet"), also known as Xera (pronounced Ksera), is an islet close to the northern coast 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, ...
in the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
. It is located between the island of
Imeri Gramvousa and the mainland. Administratively, it is located within the municipality of
Kissamos, in
Chania regional unit.
See also
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List of islands of Greece
Greece has many islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 and 227.
The largest Greek island by ...
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Landforms of Chania (regional unit)
Uninhabited islands of Crete
Mediterranean islands
Islands of Greece