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Návpaktos (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 38 23 30 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 38.3917 decimal degrees |
| Long: 021 49 39 E degrees minutes |
Long: 21.8275 decimal degrees |
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Note: Seaport located on the strait connecting gulfs of Corinth & Patras; homeless Messenians moved here after end of Third Messenian War (461 BC); noted as site of naval battle where Holy League defeated the Turks in 1571. |
Names: |
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| Návpaktos (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Navapaktos (C,V)
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| Lepanto (C,O,Greek (transliterated),U)
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............ | Italian name, used in 16th cen. |
| Náfpaktos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Epakhtos (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Naupaetus (NA,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Naupactus (H,V)
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Návpaktos (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled in ancient times |
| town (C) |
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| port (C) |
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