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'''Cape Malea''' ([[Greek language|Greek]]: Ακρωτήριο Μαλέας) is on a peninsula in the southeast of the [[Peloponnese]] in [[Greece]]. It separates the [[Ionian Sea]] in the west from the [[Aegean Sea]] in the east. It is the second most southerly point of mainland [[Greece]] (after [[Cape Matapan]]) and once featured one of the largest light-houses in the Mediterranean.

In ancient times it was a busy shipping lane, and one of the major routes for crossing the northeast Mediterranean to the west. However, the weather in the region was notorious for changing almost instantly, most famously as recounted in the [[Odyssey]]. [[Homer]] describes how [[Odysseus]] on his return home to [[Ithaca]] rounds Cape Malea only to be blown off course, resulting in him being lost for up to 10 years by some people's reckoning.

The Cape's importance declined with the opening of the [[Corinth Canal]], which allowed ships to bypass the [[Peloponnese]] rather than circumnavigating it. However, it still has significant amounts of sea-traffic.

In [[World War II]] the Nazi occupiers of Greece began construction of a military tower for defence and surveillance of the major shipping lane. The construction was halted by the end of occupation in 1944.

Cape Malea is in the [[prefecture]] of [[Laconia]]. The municipality of the [[Vatika]] ([[Greek language|Greek]]:Τα Βάτικα) is on the southern extremity of the peninsula. [[Neapolis, Vatika|Neapoli]] is the largest town on the peninsula.

On the west of the peninsula lies the island of [[Elafonissos]], known for its long, light-coloured sandy beaches.

[[Category:Capes|Malea]]
[[Category:Laconia|Malea]]

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−	'''Cape Malea''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Ακρωτήριο Μαλέας) is on a peninsula in the southeast of the [[Peloponnese]] in [[Greece]]. It separates the [[Ionian Sea]] in the west from the [[Aegean Sea]] in the east. It is the second most southerly point of mainland [[Greece]] (after [[Cape ~~Matapan~~]]) and once featured one of the largest light-houses in the Mediterranean.	+	'''Cape Malea''' ([[Greek language\|Greek]]: Ακρωτήριο Μαλέας) is on a peninsula in the southeast of the [[Peloponnese]] in [[Greece]]. It separates the [[Ionian Sea]] in the west from the [[Aegean Sea]] in the east. It is the second most southerly point of mainland [[Greece]] (after [[Cape Tainaro]]) and once featured one of the largest light-houses in the Mediterranean.

	In ancient times it was a busy shipping lane, and one of the major routes for crossing the northeast Mediterranean to the west. However, the weather in the region was notorious for changing almost instantly, most famously as recounted in the [[Odyssey]]. [[Homer]] describes how [[Odysseus]] on his return home to [[Ithaca]] rounds Cape Malea only to be blown off course, resulting in him being lost for up to 10 years by some people's reckoning.		In ancient times it was a busy shipping lane, and one of the major routes for crossing the northeast Mediterranean to the west. However, the weather in the region was notorious for changing almost instantly, most famously as recounted in the [[Odyssey]]. [[Homer]] describes how [[Odysseus]] on his return home to [[Ithaca]] rounds Cape Malea only to be blown off course, resulting in him being lost for up to 10 years by some people's reckoning.

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