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The Spinalonga Peninsula is part of the uninhabited Kalydon island area within the region of Elounda, Crete, Greece. To its north, the true island of Spinalonga can be found. To its east the island of Kolokythas can be found partially enclosing a bay. The beach on the peninsula is called Kolokita beach due to its view across to the neighbouring island. The peninsula is sometimes also called Kalydon (or sometimes erroneously assumed to bear the name Kolokythas due to the name of the beach). Sometimes the peninsula is called "large Spinalonga" or "big Spinalonga" to distinguish it from the much smaller island of Spinalonga to the north.

In the south-west of the peninsula a road leads across a causeway from the mainland. A small sea channel runs under the road, under a stone bow bridge built in 1897 by the French army. This allows vehicle access to the peninsula. The road is guarded by three former windmill towers, two of which have very flat, cone-shaped roofs. On the coast, former salt-drying areas now provide a home for many varieties of birds, including a population of flamingos. There is a Christian church - the Church of St Luke - on a hill in the south-east of the peninsula, close to the road to the beach.[1]

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[de] Spinalonga-Halbinsel

Die Spinalonga-Halbinsel (griechisch Χερσόνησος Σπιναλόγκας (f. sg.)) auch Kolokytha-Halbinsel (Χερσόνησος Κολοκύθα (f. sg.)) liegt im Golf von Mirambello im Nordosten der griechischen Insel Kreta. Im Südwesten besteht über den nur wenige Meter breiten Isthmus von Poros (Ισθμός Πόρου) auch Poros von Elounda (Πόρος της Ελούντας) bei Elounda eine Verbindung mit Kreta. Die etwa 5,2 km lange und maximal 2,2 km breite Spinalonga-Halbinsel trennt den Golf von Elounda (κόλπου της Ελούντας) vom Golf von Mirabello ab. Der Küstenverlauf ist durch größere Buchten gegliedert. Vorgelagert sind die Inseln Spinalonga im Norden und Kolokytha im Südosten.

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- [en] Spinalonga Peninsula

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[ru] Спиналонга (полуостров)

Спинало́нга (греч. Σπιναλόγκα) (называют также Большая Спиналонга для отличия от острова Спиналонга) — полуостров на востоке Крита, соединённый с ним узкой песчаной косой в районе деревни Элунда. В переводе с итальянского — «длинный шип».

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