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'Antikythera' (Αντικύθηρα) is a Greek island with a land area of approximately 20 square kilometers, 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. It is lozenge-shaped, 10.5km NNW to SSE by 3.4km ENE to WSW. It is notable for being the location of the discovery of the Antikythera mechanism and for the historical Antikythera wreck.
Its main settlement and port is Potamos. Antikythera is sporadically visited by the ANEK Lines ferry Myrtidossia, on its route between Piraeus (Athens) and Kissamos-Kastelli in Crete.
Between the 4th and 1st centuries BC, it was used as a base by a group of Cilician pirates until their destruction by Pompey the Great. Their fort can still be seen atop a cliff to the NE of the island.

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★ Official website of the Antikythira Community

★ http://www.tuarc.trentu.ca/~aspweb The Antikythera (Archaeological) Survey Project

★ Google satellite view of the island

★ The Antikythera Calculator (Italian and English versions)