Sphacteria

Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria, in 19th century context also Sphagia)[1] is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:

• the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.[2]
• the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
• the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence

Sphacteria from the East

Sphacteria

Native name: Σφακτηρία
Sphacteria from Pylos
Geography
Coordinates	36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E
Area	3.2 km^2 (1.2 sq mi)
Administration
Greece
Region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Demographics
Population	0 (2011)
Pop. density	0/km^2 (0/sq mi)

References

1. Purdy, John (1826). The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ... London: R.H. Laurie. p. 213.
2. Diodorus Siculus, 12.61-63