Venetiko Explained

Venetiko
Local Name:Βενέτικο
Pushpin Map:Greece
Pushpin Map Width:220
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Venetiko island
Location:Mediterranean Sea
Archipelago:Messenian Oinousses
Country:Greece
Country Admin Divisions Title:Region
Country Admin Divisions:Peloponnese
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Regional unit
Country Admin Divisions 1:Messenia
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Municipality
Population:0
Population As Of:2020
Density Km2:0

Venetiko (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Βενέτικο), is a small uninhabited Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, south of the Cape Akritas. It belongs to the cluster of the Messenian Oinousses. It is administratively part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, in Messenia.During the ancient times, it was called Theganoussa (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Θηγανοῦσσά) and it is mentioned by the Pomponius Mela,[1] Pliny the Elder,[2] Pausanias[3] and Ptolemaeus.[4]

Though Pausanias calls it an uninhabited island, archaeological evidence suggests that it was once occupied.[5]

It is included in the Natura 2000.Natura 2000

Notes and References

  1. https://topostext.org/work/145#2.110 Pomponius Mela, Chorographia, §2.110
  2. https://topostext.org/work/148#4.19.4 Pliny the Elder, Natural History, §4.19.4
  3. https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.34.12 Pausanias, Description of Greece, §4.34.12
  4. https://topostext.org/work/209#3.14.44 Ptolemaeus, Geography, §3.14.44
  5. https://www.gtp.gr/LocInfo.asp?InfoId=49&PrimeCode=EGRPME0a&PrimeLevel=6 MESSINIA