Peloponnese
large peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece
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Summary
Peloponnese is a peninsula[1]. Peloponnese ranks in the top 0.5% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,766 views/month, #4 of 801).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Greece[3]
- Country: Greece[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5], Adriatic Sea[6], Aegean Sea[7]
- Instance of: region[8], traditional geographic divisions of Greece[9]
- Shares border with: Attica Region[10]
- Commons category: Peloponnese[11]
- Said to be the same as: Morea[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Peloponnese[13]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14], Otto's encyclopedia[15], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[19], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20]
- Category for people born here: Q32659965[21]
- Native label: Πελοπόννησος[22]
- Category of associated people: Q32659973[23]
- Different from: Peloponnese Region[24]
- Elevation above sea level: 2407 m[25], 994 m[26]
- Area: 22,200 km²[27]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Peloponnese[28]
Why It Matters
Peloponnese has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Peloponnese is known by 119 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]