Sphacteria

Sphacteria

Native name: Σφακτηρία
Sphacteria from Pylos
Geography
Coordinates	36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E / 36.9301361°N 21.6657250°ECoordinates: 36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E / 36.9301361°N 21.6657250°E
Area	3.2 km^2 (1.2 sq mi)
Country
Greece
Region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Demographics
Population	0 (as of 2011)
Density	0 /km^2 (0 /sq mi)

Sphacteria from the East

Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria, in 19th century context also Sphagia)^[1] is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:

• the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.^[2]
• the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
• the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence

References

1. Purdy, John (1826). The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ... London: R.H. Laurie. p. 213.
2. Diodorus Siculus, 12.61-63