Valenti (Greek: Βαλέντι) is a rock close to the northwestern coast of Crete in the Aegean Sea.[1] It is just south of the island of Imeri Gramvousa and the islet of Arnaouti.[1] Administratively, it is located within the municipality of Kissamos, in Chania regional unit.
Native name: Βαλέντι | |
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Valenti rock | |
Geography | |
Coordinates | 35°35′41″N 23°34′30″E |
Archipelago | Cretan Islands |
Administration | |
Greece | |
Region | Crete |
Regional unit | Chania |
Demographics | |
Population | 0 (2001) |
Valenti is mentioned in poems and mantinades and usually with Gramvousa.[1] In March 2008 a fatal nautical accident, resulting in the death of a 42-year-old man, occurred close to the rock and it is noted in a bulletin of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Islands and Fisheries.[2]
Cretan islands | |||||
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Chania regional unit |
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Rethymno regional unit |
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Heraklion regional unit |
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Lasithi regional unit |
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Greek islands:
Aegean Islands, Saronic Islands, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, North Aegean Islands, Sporades, Ionian Islands, Echinades |