Pontikonisi

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Pontikonisi (Greek Ποντικονήσι (n. sg. ), Also Pondikonisi, Mouse Island ') is a small Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It belongs to the Ionian Islands, located a few meters east of Corfu. The island lies off the Bay of Chalikipoulou about four kilometers south of the city of Kerkyra ( Corfu ) and 150 meters south of the Kanoni peninsula.

The flat and originally only two meters high island measures approximately 100 x 110 meters and covers an area of ​​just over one hectare in the middle of the island is located on an artificial hill built a Byzantine chapel, whose origins date back to the 12th, may have made the 11th century, come. The chapel is surrounded by tall cypress trees that give the island a striking appearance. It is reminiscent of the painting Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin; However, it is unlikely that they served the artist as a concrete model for his paintings, as Böcklin never stayed in Corfu.

Today the bay with the island Pontikonisi and Kanoni is the Vlacherna Monastery next to the old town of Corfu Town and the Achillion one of the main attractions in Corfu. From the premier after Vlacherna dam of excursions are offered to Mouse Island.

Main islands ( Eptanisa ): Ithaca | Kefalonia | Corfu | Kythira | Lefkada | Paxos | Zante

Smaller islands: Andikythira | Andipaxos | Arkoudi | Atokos | Daskalio (Kefalonia ) | Elafonisos | Lazaretto ( Ithaca ) | Lazaretto ( Corfu ) | Pondikonisi | Proti | Sfaktiria | Vido

Archipelagos: Diapontische Islands | Echinades | Inousses | Paxi | Strofades | Tilevoides

• Uninhabited Island
• Island ( Europe)
• Island of the Ionian Islands
• Island ( Ionian Sea)
• Island ( Ionian Islands)
• Corfu (municipality )