Crete (grc)

Crete

Crete ranks 2,939th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Fontenay-aux-Roses, Chieti, and La Louvière. Memorable people born in Crete include Saint Titus, George of Trebizond, and Gregory III of Constantinople. Memorable people who died in Crete include Marcus Antonius Creticus, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, and Demetrios Kydones. Crete has been the birth place of many religious figures, and politicians and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Crete is located in Greece.

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south of the Peloponnese, and about 300 km (190 mi) southwest of Anatolia. Crete has an area of 8,450 km2 (3,260 sq mi) and a coastline of 1,046 km (650 mi). It bounds the southern border of the Aegean Sea, with the Sea of Crete to the north and the Libyan Sea to the south. Crete covers 260 km from west to east but is narrow from north to south, spanning three longitudes but only half a latitude. Read more on Wikipedia