Sphacteria

Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria)^[1] also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία)^[2] 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.^[3]
• 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

Native name: Σφακτηρία
Sphacteria from Pylos
Geography
Coordinates	36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E
Area	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Administration
Greece
Region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Demographics
Population	0 (2011)
Pop. density	0/km2 (0/sq mi)

The shipwreck of the Irenes Serenade took place near the island in 1980.

References

1. Purdy, John (1826). The new sailing directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic sea ... London: R.H. Laurie. p. 213.
2. Strabo, Geography, 8.4.2
3. "Diodorus Siculus, 12.61-63". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-03-26.