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Gortyna

Southern Europe

Gortyna was a town of ancient Crete that appears in the Homeric poems under the form Gortyn and later became known as Gortyna. Stephanus of Byzantium wrote that it had originally been called Larissa and also Cremnia.

Facts
Elevation (m)
157 1
Latitude
35.060067 degrees north 1
Longitude
24.949458 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Gortyna (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 35.060067, longitude 24.949458
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 157 m
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 35.0601,24.9495
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 161.0
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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, 24.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.25, 24.75
35.25 24.75 Csa
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4. GeoNames: Ágioi Déka - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 264083, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.73 km)
Quote, cities500 record 264083, nearest place to the city coordinates (1.73 km)
35.06667 24.96667 P PPLA3 GR ESYE43 45 9304 0 323 Europe/Athens
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Wikidata: Gortyna
Wikidata Q1136193, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Gortyna (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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