island of Ithaca

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The island of Ithaca is a small, mountainous Greek island in the Ionian Sea, traditionally celebrated in Homeric epic as the homeland of Odysseus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek island
island
municipality
administrativeRegion Ionian Islands (periphery) NERFINISHED
area approximately 96 square kilometres
belongsTo European Union
Eurozone NERFINISHED
capital Vathy NERFINISHED
climate Mediterranean climate
coastlineCharacteristic deeply indented
country Greece
economy fishing
olive cultivation
tourism
hasBay Bay of Vathy NERFINISHED
hasPort Frikes NERFINISHED
Kioni NERFINISHED
Vathy NERFINISHED
hasSettlement Frikes NERFINISHED
Kioni NERFINISHED
Perachori NERFINISHED
Stavros NERFINISHED
highestElevation approximately 806 metres
highestPoint Mount Neriton NERFINISHED
islandGroup Heptanese (Seven Islands) NERFINISHED
language Greek
largestSettlement Vathy NERFINISHED
length approximately 29 kilometres
locatedIn Ionian Archipelago NERFINISHED
Ionian Islands NERFINISHED
Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
western Greece NERFINISHED
locatedOffCoastOf Cephalonia NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Homeric epics NERFINISHED
Homer’s Odyssey NERFINISHED
mythologicalAssociation Odysseus NERFINISHED
Penelope NERFINISHED
Telemachus NERFINISHED
officialLanguage Greek NERFINISHED
partOf Ionian Islands region NERFINISHED
regionalUnit Ithaca (regional unit) NERFINISHED
religionMajority Greek Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED
sea Ionian Sea NERFINISHED
separatedFrom Cephalonia by the Strait of Ithaca
terrain mountainous
timeZone Eastern European Time
timeZoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
traditionalName Ithaki NERFINISHED
traditionalReputation homeland of Odysseus
width up to about 6.5 kilometres

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King of Ithaca domain island of Ithaca
Perachori locatedNear island of Ithaca
this entity surface form: Vathy, Ithaca
Mount Neriton partOf island of Ithaca
Polis Bay partOf island of Ithaca
island of Aeaea relatedPlace island of Ithaca
subject surface form: Aeaea
this entity surface form: Ithaca (as Odysseus's destination)