Ano Simi is a village on

Crete Crete ( ; , Modern Greek, Modern: , Ancient Greek, Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the List of islands by area, 88th largest island in the world and the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fifth la ...

in the prefecture of

Lasithi Lasithi () is the easternmost regional unit on the island of Crete, to the east of Heraklion. Its capital is Agios Nikolaos, the other major towns being Ierapetra and Sitia. The mountains include the Dikti in the west and the Thrypti in the ...

. It is part of

Ierapetra Ierapetra (; ancient name: ) is a Greece, Greek city and municipality located on the southeast coast of Crete. History The town of Ierapetra (in the local dialect: Γεράπετρο ''Gerapetro'') is located on the southeast coast of Crete, sit ...

municipality and borders

Viannos Viannos () is a municipality in the Heraklion regional unit, Crete, Greece. The municipality has an area of . Population 4,436 (2021). The seat of the municipality is in Ano Viannos. In September 1943, German occupation forces inflicted heavy lo ...

municipality. It lies about 900 meters above sea level, south of Mount

Dikti Dikti or Dicte () (also Lasithiotika Ori; "Lasithian Mountains"; anciently, Aigaion oros () or ) is a mountain range on the east of the island of Crete in the regional unit of Lasithi. On the west it extends to the regional unit of Heraklion. Ac ...

in what is probably the most wooded area of Crete. It is about 1 kilometer from

Kato Simi Kato Symi () is a small historic village of Crete, in Heraklion regional unit, from Ierapetra and from Heraklion city. Today it belongs to Viannos municipality and borders the Ierapetra municipality. It lies about above sea level, south of Mo ...

, and 32 kilometers from

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