Cephalonia
Cephalonia — Κεφαλονιά in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 779 km², and 36,064 people live there all year.
Cephalonia in numbers
| Greek name | Κεφαλονιά |
|---|---|
| Region | Ionian Islands |
| Residents | 36,064 |
| Land area | about 779 km² |
| Size | 6th largest of the 89 |
| Population | 10th most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Cephalonia
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Ithaca | Ιθάκη | 3.1 |
| Lefkada | Λευκάδα | 9.8 |
| Zakynthos | Ζάκυνθος | 15 |
| Meganisi | Μεγανήσι | 23 |
| Kalamos | Κάλαμος | 28 |
The named rocks off Cephalonia
Open coastline data records 3 named islets in the water around Cephalonia. All of them:
Agios Ioannis · Asterida · Dias
Cephalonia on the checklist
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