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The Hellenic Coast Guard ( Greek: Λιμενικό Σώμα-Ελληνική Ακτοφυλακή, romanized : Limeniko Soma-Elliniki Aktofylaki, lit. 'Harbor Corps-Hellenic Coast Guard') is the national coast guard of Greece. Like many other coast guards, it is a paramilitary organization that can support the Hellenic Navy in wartime, but ...
Canada. The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) is a civilian service under the Department of Fisheries and Oceans responsible for patrolling the world's longest coastline of 243,042 km (~151,000 mi). [ 9] The CCG holds responsibility for all marine search and rescue throughout Canada.
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Crete ( / kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south of ...
The Greek mainland and several small islands seen from Nydri, Lefkada. Greece features a vast number of islands—between 1,200 and 6,000, depending on the definition, [152] 227 of which are inhabited.
Icaria, also spelled Ikaria ( Greek: Ικαρία ), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos . Administratively, Icaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean region. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Agios Kirykos ...
In 2015, Golden Dawn outlined their 'National Plan' for Greece's recovery from the financial crisis as follows: [86] Increase agricultural production and manufacturing. Reward hard work and implement a meritocracy. Exploit Greece's oil, gas, and precious metal reserves. Audit and erase part of the national debt, which they deem illegal.
symi.gr. Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi ( Greek: Σύμη ), is a Greek island and municipality. It is mountainous and has the harbour town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller population centres, beaches and areas of significance in history and mythology. Symi is part of the Rhodes regional unit.