Cape Maleas (also Cape Malea ; Greek : Ακρωτήριον Μαλέας , colloquially Καβομαλιάς, Cavomaliás ), anciently Malea ( Ancient Greek : Μαλέα ) and Maleae or Maleai (Μαλέαι), is a peninsula and cape in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece . To distinguish it from the cape, the peninsula is sometimes referred to as "Epidavros Limira" peninsula, after the most prominent ancient city located on it. It separates the Laconian Gulf in the west from the Aegean Sea in the east. It is the second most southerly point of mainland Greece (after Cape Matapan ) and once featured one of the largest light-houses in the Mediterranean . The seas around the cape are notoriously treacherous and difficult to navigate, featuring variable weather and occasionally very powerful storms.
9-549: [REDACTED] Look up malea or maleá in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malea may refer to: Genera [ edit ] Malea (plant) , a genus of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae Malea (gastropod) , a genus of large sea snails, containing two species Places [ edit ] Malea, a village in Zau de Câmpie Commune, Mureș County, Romania Maléa ,
18-540: A genus of large sea snails, containing two species Places [ edit ] Malea, a village in Zau de Câmpie Commune, Mureș County, Romania Maléa , a town in northeastern Guinea Malea (Arcadia) , a town in ancient Arcadia, Greece Malea (Lesbos) , a town in ancient Lesbos, Greece Cape Malea , one of the peninsulas in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece Malea, ancient name of Cape Agrilia ,
27-698: A peninsula in the southeast of Lesbos, Greece See also [ edit ] Maleia , a river in Romania Malia (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Malea . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malea&oldid=1233968914 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Genus disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-430: A town in northeastern Guinea Malea (Arcadia) , a town in ancient Arcadia, Greece Malea (Lesbos) , a town in ancient Lesbos, Greece Cape Malea , one of the peninsulas in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece Malea, ancient name of Cape Agrilia , a peninsula in the southeast of Lesbos, Greece See also [ edit ] Maleia , a river in Romania Malia (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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54-403: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cape Malea Cape Maleas is in the regional unit of Laconia . The municipality of Monemvasia covers the entire peninsula and part of the eastern coast. The municipal unit of Voies ( Greek : Βοιές ) is located in the southern extremity of the peninsula, with Neapoli , the largest town on
63-738: The occasion when Callicratidas camped his sailors for dinner before attacking the Athenians in Arginusae, when a thunderstorm delayed Callicratidas's embarkment. The Cape's importance declined with the opening of the Corinth Canal , which allowed ships to bypass the Peloponnese rather than circumnavigating it. However, it still has significant amounts of sea traffic as the Corinth Canal can only accommodate ships less than 21m in width. In World War II ,
72-726: The peninsula. To the west of the peninsula lies the island of Elafonisos , known for its long, light-coloured sandy beaches. In ancient times it was a busy shipping lane, and one of the major routes for crossing from the northeast Mediterranean to the west. The cape was notorious for its bad weather at the time as well, most famously as recounted in the Odyssey , and much later by Xenophon in Hellenica. Homer describes how Odysseus on his return home to Ithaca rounds Cape Maleas only to be blown off course, resulting in his being lost for up to 10 years by some people's reckoning. Xenophon records
81-478: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Malea . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malea&oldid=1233968914 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Genus disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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