Asterousia

General information - Location

Country	Greece
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.083,Lat: 34.95
Elevation	meter above sea level
Local time	17:40:13pm
At island	Crete
Name province/region (Αποκεντρωμένη Διοίκηση)	Κρήτης
Wiki-website Subregion (Περιφέρεια)	Κρήτης
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Γόρτυνας

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kharakas	7.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Asimi	9.1 km	North
3 Pirgos	9.6 km	NorthEast
4 Akhendria	13.6 km	NorthEast
5 Ayios Dheka	17.5 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Athinai	Greece	355 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Nicosia	Cyprus	760 km	EastNorthEast
3 Skopje	North-macedonia	835 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Asterousia lies at the Libyan Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthEast).

The most nearby international border is the Turkish-Greek border with a straight distance of 645.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 904 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 12%, hill: 17%, low mountains: 42%, moderate high mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sitia Airport (at a distance of 99 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Asterousia in country Greece

Asterousia at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Delos	Greece	271 km	North
2 The Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery of Saint-John the Theologian and the Cave of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos	Greece	294 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Medieval City of Rhodes	Greece	335 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
ASTEROUSIA (KOFINAS)	GR	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Asterousia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Pýrgos

Type of weather in Pýrgos	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:11 Europe/Amsterdam