Sphacteria

36°55′48.49″N 21°39′56.61″E / 36.9301361°N 21.6657250°E / 36.9301361; 21.6657250Area3.2 km² (1.2 sq mi)AdministrationRegionPeloponneseRegional unitMesseniaDemographicsPopulation0 (2011)Pop. density0/km² (0/sq mi)

Sphacteria (Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria)^[1] also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία)^[2] is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:

• the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.^[3]
• the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
• the 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence

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