Megalonisi is an islet off the southern coast of the Greek

Greece

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 island of Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

 in the Libyan Sea

Libyan Sea

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 that hosts a lighthouse

Lighthouse

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. The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn

Gortyn

Gortyn, Gortys or Gortyna is a municipality and an archaeological site on the Mediterranean island of Crete, 45 km away from the modern capital Heraklion. The seat of the municipality is the village Agioi Deka...

 which was the ancient capital of Crete. It is administered within Heraklion Prefecture

Heraklion Prefecture

Heraklion is one of the four regional units of Crete. The capital is the city of Heraklion.-Geography:The regional unit of Heraklion borders on the regional units of Rethymno to the west and Lasithi to the east. Farmlands are situated in the central and the northern parts, at the coast and in...

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Group of islets

There are a group of four islets in the bay including Papadoplaka

Papadoplaka

Papadoplaka is a natural reef islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea. The islet is in a bay between cape Lithino and cape Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the ancient capital of Crete. The name can be loosely translated as the priest's rock...

 (to the west), Megalonisi (with the lighthouse), Mikronisi

Mikronisi

Mikronisi , also known as Agios Pavlos , is an islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea. The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the ancient capital of Crete...

 (also known as Agios Pavlos), and Trafos

Trafos

Trafos is an islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan sea. The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the ancient capital of Crete...

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