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    Ithaca

    Ιθάκη, Ithaka, Ítaca

    38°26′N 20°40′E

    Ithaca ( ITH-ə-kə), also Ithaki (Greek: Ιθάκη [iˈθaci]) or Ithaka (Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη Ithákē [itʰákɛː]), is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.

    Ithaka.
    Ithaka.

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    Terrain

    38°26′N 20°40′E

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    Overview

    Ithaca ( ITH-ə-kə), also Ithaki (Greek: Ιθάκη [iˈθaci]) or Ithaka (Ancient Greek: Ἰθάκη Ithákē [itʰákɛː]), is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece. Ithaca's main island has an area of 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) and in 2021 had a population of 2,862. It is the second-smallest of the seven main Ionian Islands, after Paxi. Ithaca is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. The capital is Vathy (or Vathi). Modern Ithaca is generally identified with Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, whose delayed return to the island is the plot of the epic poem the Odyssey; however, many other attempts at identification have been made.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Ionian Islands

    • Cephalonia

      780 km²▲ 1,628 m

      Major islands

    • Corfu

      590 km²▲ 906 m

      Major islands

    • Zakynthos

      406 km²▲ 756 m

      Major islands

    • Lefkada

      301 km²▲ 1,182 m

      Major islands

    • Kythira

      277 km²▲ 505 m

      Major islands

    • Kalamos

      25 km²▲ 745 m

      Minor islands

    • Antikythera

      20.5 km²▲ 365 m

      Minor islands

    • Paxos

      20.4 km²▲ 233 m

      Minor islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs