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The Sea of Crete' (Greek: Κρητικό Πέλαγος Kritiko Pelagos) is the sea south of the Aegean Sea, north of the island Crete, and south of the Cyclades. Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the The CYCLADES Packet switching network was an extremely influential French network system in the early 1970s similar to the ARPANET. The sea also stretches from Kythera east to the Dodecanese islands of Karpathos and Kassos. Kythira (Κύθηρα Cythera, Kythera, Cerigo is an Island of Greece, historically part of the Ionian Islands. The Dodecanese ( Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands' are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Karpathos (Κάρπαθος is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Kasos (also Kassos; Greek: Κάσος; Italian: Caso) is a Greek Island municipality in the The bounding seas to the west are the Ionian Sea as well as the rest of the Mediterranean Sea. The Ionian Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, south of the Adriatic Sea. Ferry routes to and from Piraeus, as well as the southern islands of the Aegean and the Dodecanese, run in this area. Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a

Port towns and cities

Kastelli-Kissamos, southwest
Chania, southwest
Souda, south-southwest
Rethymno, south
Heraklio, south
Agios Nikolaos, southeast
Sitia, southeast
Kassos (Fry), southeast
Anafi, northeast
Thira, north

Bays

Chania Bay, south
Souda Bay, southeast
Almyros Bay, south
Mirabello Bay, southeast

Kissamos (Κίσσαμος is a town and municipality in the west of the island of Crete. Chaniá ( Greek: Χανιά xaˈɲa also transliterated Hania and Khania, older form Chanea and Venetian: Canea Souda or Suda ( Greek: Σούδα is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. Rethymno ( Greek: Ρέθυμνο ˈreθimno also Rethimno, Rethymnon, Réthymnon, and Rhíthymnos) a city of approximately Heraklion or Iraklion (Ηράκλειο Irákleio, iˈɾaklio̞ Candia is the largest city and capital of Crete. Agios Nikolaos or Ayios Nikolaos ( Greek: Άγιος Νικόλαος meaning " Saint Nicholas " is a common place name in Greece and Sitia ( Greek: Σητεία refers both to a port town with 8900 inhabitants ( 2001) and a municipality with 14338 inhabitants ( 2001) in the far Kasos (also Kassos; Greek: Κάσος; Italian: Caso) is a Greek Island municipality in the Anafi (Ανάφη is a Greek Island community in the Cyclades. Mirabello Bay is an embayment of the Sea of Crete on the eastern part of Crete in present day Greece.

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