Sea of Crete

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marginal sea sea

The Sea of Crete is a portion of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, lying north of the island of Crete and forming part of the southern Aegean Sea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Cretan Sea 23
Sea of Crete canonical 15

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf marginal sea ⓘ
sea ⓘ
basinCountry Greece ⓘ
connectedTo Cretan Sea straits ⓘ
Ionian Sea ⓘ
Levantine Sea ⓘ
Sea of Marmara ⓘ
countryBorder Greece ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Sea of Crete ⓘ
surface form: Cretan Sea
hasAverageDepth greater than 1000 m ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Byzantine naval history ⓘ
Ottoman–Venetian wars ⓘ
surface form: Venetian–Ottoman conflicts around Crete

World War II naval operations near Crete ⓘ
ancient Greek maritime trade routes ⓘ
hasMajorIslandToNorth Cyclades ⓘ
hasMajorIslandToNortheast Rhodes ⓘ
hasMajorIslandToNorthwest Kythira NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorIslandToSouth Crete ⓘ
hasMajorPortOnCoast Agios Nikolaos ⓘ
Chania ⓘ
Heraklion ⓘ
Ierapetra ⓘ
Kissamos ⓘ
Rethymno ⓘ
Sitia ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth approximately 3500 m ⓘ
hasPart Aegean Sea basins ⓘ
surface form: Cretan Basin

Myrtoan Sea ⓘ
surface form: Ikaria Sea area

South Aegean Sea ⓘ
surface form: Mykonos Sea area
hasSalinity around 38–39 PSU ⓘ
hasSurfaceArea tens of thousands of square kilometers ⓘ
hasTypicalWind Meltemi ⓘ
locatedEastOf Peloponnese ⓘ
locatedIn Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
locatedInRegion Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
South Aegean ⓘ
surface form: Southern Aegean

Southern Europe ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Crete ⓘ
locatedSouthOf Cyclades ⓘ
locatedWestOf Dodecanese ⓘ
partOf Aegean Sea ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: eastern Mediterranean Sea
usedFor fishing ⓘ
maritime transport ⓘ
recreational sailing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
waterType salt water ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heraklion → locatedOnSea → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Chania → locatedBy → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Greek Seas → includes → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Greek Seas → includes → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Malia → overlooks → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Rethymno regional unit → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Zakros → locatedNear → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Sitia → locatedOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Kolymvari → locatedByBodyOfWater → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Mount Ida (Crete) → viewFromSummit → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Kydonia → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Greek territorial waters → locatedIn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Sea of Crete → hasAlternativeName → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Venetian Walls of Heraklion → hasView → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Venetian harbor → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Sea of Crete ⓘ
subject surface form: Venetian harbor (Chania)
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Venetian harbor → hasView → Sea of Crete ⓘ
subject surface form: Venetian harbor (Chania)
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Port of Chania → locatedOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Nea Chora Beach → locatedInBodyOfWater → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Nea Chora → waterBody → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Levantine Sea → connectsTo → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Sitia municipality → locatedOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Sitia municipality → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Vai Palm Forest → locatedOnCoastOf → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Vai Palm Forest → hasWaterBody → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Kato Zakros → locatedBy → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Toplou Monastery → nearBodyOfWater → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Lefka Ori (White Mountains) → drainsTo → Sea of Crete ⓘ
subject surface form: Lefka Ori
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Heraklion regional unit → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Myrtoan Sea → connectsTo → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
South Aegean Sea → hasPart → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
South Aegean Sea → connectsTo → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Malia (modern town) → locatedOnCoastOf → Sea of Crete ⓘ
Rethymno port → locatedInSea → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Bali → locatedOnCoastOf → Sea of Crete ⓘ
subject surface form: Bali (Crete)
Panormos → locatedBy → Sea of Crete ⓘ
subject surface form: Panormos (Rethymno)
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Western Crete → hasCoastline → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Western Crete → hasSea → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea
Chania regional unit → locatedOnCoastOf → Sea of Crete ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cretan Sea