Oxeia

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Oxeia (also Oxiés, Oxiá, or Oxia, Greek: Οξεία) is a Greek island. It is the chief island in the southern group (the Oxeiae) of the Echinades, part of the Ionian Islands. Oxeia possesses the highest point in the Echinades, 421 m. The mountain of the mainland with the Aitoloakarnania is to the northeast. Its length is around 5 km and its width is approximately 2 km and it has two mountains.

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The island can be seen as far as Aitoloakarnania, northern and western Achaia except for the plain area of northwestern Achaia, much of northern and northwestern Ilia, parts of Zakynthos, southeastern Kefalonia, Ithaca and southeastern Lefkada and its nearby islands and western and southern Aitoloakarnania.

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• Map and aerial photos:
• Oxeia or Oxia on GTP Travel Pages (in English and Greek)
  • Street map information from: Mapquest, LiveLocal or Google or Yahoo! Maps
  • Satellite images: Google or Microsoft Virtual Earth - image now available
• Coordinates: 38°18′30″N, 21°6′40″E

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