Akrotiri (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced ) means "cape, promontory". As a result, many different seaside places bear this name. Akrotiri may refer to:

Places

Cyprus

Akrotiri and Dhekelia Akrotiri and Dhekelia (), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA), is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory made of two non-contiguous areas on the island of Geography of Cyprus, Cyprus. The area ...

, a British Overseas Territory * Akrotiri (village), a village in the Akrotiri Peninsula * Akrotiri Bay, a bay in the south * Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus), a peninsula bounded by Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay *

RAF Akrotiri Royal Air Force Akrotiri, commonly abbreviated RAF Akrotiri (; ) is a large Royal Air Force (RAF) military airbase on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akroti ...

, a British Royal Air Force base

Greece

Akrotiri, Crete Akrotiri (, literally "promontory") is a peninsula and former municipality in the Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chania, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal un ...

, a peninsula and a municipality on the island of Crete *

Akrotiri (prehistoric city) Akrotiri (Greek language, Greek: Ακρωτήρι, pronounced ) is the site of a Cycladic Culture, Cycladic Bronze Age settlement on the volcanic Greece, Greek island of Santorini (Thera). The name comes from the nearby village of Akrotiri ...

, a Minoan settlement on the island of Santorini (Thera) * Akrotiri, Santorini, a modern village near the Minoan settlement above * Castle of Akrotiri, a former Venetian castle in the Santorini village above

Places

Cyprus

Greece

See also