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