Akrotiri (disambiguation)
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Akrotiri may refer to:
- Akrotiri, Crete, a peninsula and a municipality on the island of Crete
- Akrotiri (Santorini)Akrotiri (Santorini)Akrotiri is the name of an excavation site of a Minoan Bronze Age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini, associated with the Minoan civilization due to inscriptions in Linear A, and close similarities in artifact and fresco styles. The excavation is named for a modern Greek village situated...
, a Minoan settlement on the island of Santorini - Akrotiri (village)Akrotiri (village)Akrotiri is a village within the Aktrotiri Sovereign Base Area, which forms part part of the British Overseas Territory of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. It is the only village in the Western SBA with a significant non-military population....
, a village in the Akrotiri Peninsula on Cyprus - Akrotiri and DhekeliaAkrotiri and DhekeliaThe Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia are two British-administered areas comprising a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus administered as Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom...
, the United Kingdom's Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus - Akrotiri BayAkrotiri BayAkrotiri Bay is a part of the Mediterranean Sea east of the Akrotiri Peninsula on the southern coast of the island of Cyprus. The Western Sovereign Base Area of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a Sovereign Base Area, borders the bay. The city of Limassol is also...
, a bay in the south of Cyprus - Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus)Akrotiri Peninsula (Cyprus)The Akrotiri Peninsula is a short peninsula which includes the southernmost point of the island of Cyprus. It is bounded by Episkopi Bay to the west and Akrotiri Bay to the east and has two capes to the south-west and south-east, known as Cape Zevgari and Cape Gata...
, a peninsula bounded by Akrotiri Bay and Episkopi Bay - Limassol Salt LakeLimassol Salt LakeLimassol Salt Lake is the largest inland body of water on the island of Cyprus.It lies due south-east of the sprawling city of Limassol and measures 10.65 km². Its lowest point is 2.7 meters below sea level and at its deepest point the water depth measures about one meter...
, also known as Akrotiri salt lake, a popular wintering place for flamingos in the Akrotiri Peninsula in Cyprus - RAF AkrotiriRAF AkrotiriRoyal Air Force Station Akrotiri, more commonly known as RAF Akrotiri , is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a...
, a British Royal Air Force base in Cyprus