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Othoni is Greek island located in the northwestern part of Greece. It is the largest of the three Diapontia islands located north of Corfu and belong to the Ionian Islands Region.
The island's name comes from the ancient word Othronos or Thoronos. Other known names is Fidonisi (because of the many snakes that had flooded the island and because of their once abandoned) and lamp / lamp / Fanos (paretymologia operated in international maps) and the Italians due to the lighthouse. There are also views that it came from the word screen or the first inhabitant of the island, Otto, but is not documented.
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According to legend, in ancient times it was the island of the nymph Calypso, daughter of Atlas who lived in a large spilia.O Odysseus fell in love and remained a prisoner there for seven years.Our Homer called the island Ogygia, where there was a strong scent kyparissi.Fefgontas the Odyseas on a raft, wrecked and he struggled with the waves, was in Scheria the island of Corfu Corfu today .An element that justifies the legend, because of the short distance that separates the two islands.
In the northeastern tip, Cape Kastri, on the hilltop at an altitude of 100m., Near the ruins of the Venetian fortress is the characteristic lighthouse island. This lighthouse was built in 1872, has a height of 13m. and is the first lighthouse encountered those who sail from the north to Ionian Sea. It emits a white blink every 10 seconds and is visible within 21 nautical milion.Prosfata announced permanent exhibit folklore of the island.
Also, there is great interest in diving for underwater photography because of its peculiar geomorphology of the seabed and its numerous caves. Other points of interest are the muskrats, the Xylosermi, bay Seaweed (where the sunken wreck of Sarah) and the old stone mill.
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