Valenti ( el, Βαλέντι) is a rock close to the northwestern 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 ...
.
[Γραμβούσα - Μπάλος]
Greek Panorama, Issue 27, May/June 2002 (Greek) It is just south of the island of
Imeri Gramvousa and the islet of
Arnaouti
Arnaouti ( el, Αρναούτη) is an islet on the northern coast of Crete in the Aegean Sea. It is just south of the island of Gramvousa, Imeri Gramvousa and is located between Imeri Gramvousa and Valenti rock. Administratively, it is located w ...
.
Administratively, it is located within the municipality of
Kissamos, in
Chania regional unit.
Valenti is mentioned in poems and
mantinades and usually with Gramvousa.
In March 2008 a fatal nautical accident, resulting in the death of a 42-year-old man, occurred close to the rock and it is noted in a bulletin of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries.
Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries
Bulletin of 11 March 2008 (Greek)
See also
*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 ...
References
{{Aegean Sea
Landforms of Chania (regional unit)
Uninhabited islands of Crete
Mediterranean islands
Islands of Greece