Pelagos () is a village in the municipality of

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to: Places Greece *Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...

, Arcadia,

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. It is situated in the plain of Tripoli, at 670 m above sea level. As of 2011, it had a population of 151. It is 2 km northwest of

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and 4 km northeast of Tripoli city centre. The A7 motorway (

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–Tripoli–

Kalamata Kalamata ( ) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the Peloponnese (region), homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regiona ...

) passes west of the village. The name ''Pelagos'' (meaning "sea") dates from classical antiquity, referring to an oak forest on the road from

Mantineia Mantinea (; ''Mantineia''; also Koine Greek ''Antigoneia'') was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, which was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history. In modern times it is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, ...

Tegea Tegea (; ) was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area o ...

. Pausanias ''Description of Greece'' 8.11.1

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Pelagos at arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese Tripoli, Greece Arcadian city-states {{AncientArcadia-geo-stub

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