Cape Lithinon or Cape Lithino,
Crete,
Greece is a promontory at the southernmost point of the island of Crete, south of
Matala and west of
Kaloi Limenes
Kaloi Limenes or Kali Limenes ( ) is a village and port in the Heraklion regional unit, southern Crete, in Greece, located 70km (43.5 miles) south-west of the city of Heraklion. It has 21 inhabitants (2011). It is known as a major bunkering spot ...
. It marks the southeastern limit of the
Bay of Mesara. The promontory rises to about 390 m (Mt. Kefali) and drops off precipitously into the water to the south.
It is one of the possible locations for Cape Charax, near which the
Arab pirates landed in the 820s and began their conquest of the island.
Landforms of Crete
Lithinon
Landforms of Heraklion (regional unit)
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