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Sailing to Crete: SailingEurope Group
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island Crete
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Youtube Crete Video - Movie
For a detailed description of this island, see our info-island-page:Crete
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Physical characteristics - Location| Coordinates: | long: 24.84515 lat : 35.23059 | | Coordinates (gr,min,sec): | long: 24°50'42.5436 lat : 35°13'50.1096 | | Surface area: | 8258.8 km2 (21.748 x Isle of Wight) | | Length coastline: | 988.6 km | | Average height: | 488 metre | | Length island: | 260 km | | Maximum width island (estimate): | 60 km | | Name : | Idi 2456 meter (2456 metre) | | Orientation island: | West - East |
Demographic data island| Habited: | Yes | | Number of inhabitants: | 621340 | | Population density: | 74.5 inh/km2 | | Important places (direction): | Chania (NW), Agios Nikolaos (NO) |
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Naming - Location| Local native name: | Kriti - Κρήτη | | Country: | Greece | | Location in Country: | South-southeast | | Name Periféreia - περιοχή
: | Region Crete | | Name Nomos - Πειραιάς: | Regional units: 1) Chania 2) Rethymno 3) Heraklion 4) Lassithi | | Main place: | Heraklion | | Location Main place: | North | | Sea: | Aegean Sea | | Distance to main land: | 94.3 km | | Nearest Country: | Greece | | Type Rock outcrop: | rocky surface | | island-Type: | island in sea |
Relief: Height Classes in percentages
Relief: Slope Classes in percentages
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Weather at Crete
| The weather type in Anogeia | light rain |  | | Current temperature: | 16 degrees Celcius
| | Precipitation last 3 hours: | No precipitation | | Wind: | 6.2 meter per second (Wind force - bft 4)
| | Winddirection: | South | | Atmospheric pressure: | 1016 mb
| | Humidity: | 82 %
| | Daylength at 13 December 2018: | 9 hour and 49 minutes | | Sunrise: | 06:20 Europe/Amsterdam | | Sunset: | 16:09 Europe/Amsterdam |
Weather-page: Crete
Climate: Temperature and Precipitation
Transport on your island-holiday| Directly accessible from Western Europe (The Netherlands) by plane: | Yes | | International airport present : | Yes | | Accessible by car: | Yes | | Distance from Western Europe (The Netherlands) (rough estimate): | 3166 km | | Ferry connection - Car - Car - with mainland: | Yes | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with mainland: | Yes | | Ferry - Car - connect with another island - Island hopping: | Yes | | Boat Connection - pedestrian - with another island: | Yes | | Bicycle facilities: | Yes |
island-Sights, island-Tourism - island-attractions
island accommodation: Hotel ,Holiday Home, Camping  Hotel |
Hotel at Kreta booking.com
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 Hotel | 1) Agia Galini
2) Camping Elizabeth
3) Camping Grammeno
4) Camping Hania
5) Camping Kissamos
6) Camping Koutsounari
7) Camping Mithimna
8) Camping Nopigia
9) Sisi Camping
| | Holiday Home | | | Bed & Breakfast | | | accommodation-page | Crete
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Social media - Multimedia
 Videos youtube Crete
 Photos (Flickr) of the place Crete
Bings maps Crete
Mapquest Crete
Loc.Alize.us Crete
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