- Porto Cheli
Port Cheli, also Portocheli, Portoheli, Porto Heli, and rarely Porto Kheli or Portokheli (Greek, Modern: Πορτο Χέλι or Πορτοχέλι, Ancient/
Katharevousa : -on on both forms), older forms Porto Chelion, Portochelio, Portochelion, Portohelio, Porothelion, Portokhelion, is a village in the municipality ofKranidi in the southernmost part and is located especially ancient Halieis in the southernmost community of theArgolis prefecture and theArgolic Peninsula . It is located E of Tripoli and easternArcadia , SE ofArgos andNafplio , S ofCorinth , AncientEpidaurus and 7 km S ofKranidi and SW ofTrizina . It is accessed by only one major road connecting the rest of Argolis. The island ofSpetses is located almost due south of Portocheli.Nearest places
*Kranidi N
The rest of the area is surrounded by the Argolic Gulf.
Geography
*Location:
**Latitude: 37.325 (37°19'34') N
**Longitude: 23.11 (23°8'33) E
*Postal code: 210 61
*Elevation: 6 m and sea level
*Dialing code: +11+30-27540 (030-27540)-2, 51 through 57Historical population
Rapsommati has a school, a church, a post office, a port, and a square ("
plateia "). It also has a beach in Agios Aimilianos andVerveronta , some hotels and campgrounds which is famous in Porto Cheli. A small harbor is situated South of Porto Cheli. The name of the place means the "Bay of the Eels". A crater is not far from Porto Cheli.The airport of Porto Cheli is located slightly north and is privately-owned. The airport is not paved and the length of the runway is only about 700 m. The airport code is PKH and the other is LGHL.
Fishing used to be the dominant industry until the mid to late 20th century.
Much of the area are rocky with a few forests. It is surrounded by coasts of the
Argolic Gulf which is sometimes in the east theHydra Gulf and sometimes theArgo-Saronic Gulf .The ancient city of
Halieis (also Alici of Aliki) is situated in the southern end of the Argolic Peninsula.The
116th Astronomical Unit Symposium took place at Porto Cheli in1986 .External links
*http://www.hinitsa.com (pictures from the Portoheli area)
ee also
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Communities of Argolis
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