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Elyrus

Southern Europe

Elyrus, also spelled Elyros, was a town of ancient Crete located between Cydonia and Lissus, with a harbour called Syia on the island's south coast. The traveler Pausanias reported that the city still existed in the mountains of Crete in his own time, that he had seen a bronze goat dedicated at Delphi by the people of Elyrus, and that the city was the birthplace of Thaletas, credited as the inventor of the Cretic rhythm and of national paeans and songs.

Facts
Latitude
35.28746 degrees north 1
Longitude
23.795609 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Elyrus (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 35.28746, longitude 23.795609
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.2875,23.7956
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 578.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 23.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 23.75
35.25 23.75 Csa
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 ... # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT
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Wikidata: Elyrus
Wikidata Q3561249, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Elyrus (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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