Megalonisi (Crete)

{{short description|Islet off the south coast of Crete, Greece}}

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| name = Megalonisi

| native_name = Μεγαλονήσι

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| archipelago = Cretan Islands

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| country = Greece

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = Crete

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional unit

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Heraklion

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality

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| population = 0

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Megalonisi ({{langx|el|Μεγαλονήσι}}, "big island") is an uninhabited islet off the southern coast of the Greek island of Crete in the Libyan Sea that hosts a lighthouse.{{cite book |last=Finegan |first=J. |title=The Archeology of the New Testament: The Mediterranean World of the Early Christian Apostles |publisher=Taylor & Francis |series=Routledge Library Editions: Archaeology |year=2014 |isbn=978-1-317-60505-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ax4hBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA192 |access-date=19 May 2019 |page=192}}{{cite book |last=Heikell |first=R.L. |title=Greek Waters Pilot |publisher=Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Limited |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-78679-115-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uvGRDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA534 |access-date=19 May 2019 |page=534}}{{cite book |last1=Laffineur |first1=R. |last2=Greco |first2=E. |title=Emporia: Aegeans in the central and eastern Mediterranean : proceedings of the 10th international Aegean Conference |publisher=Université de Liège, Histoire de l'art et archéologie de la Grèce antique |issue=v. 25, pt. 1 |year=2005 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXYiAQAAIAAJ |access-date=19 May 2019 |page=93 |quote=Many Cretan isles, islets and rocks have modern lighthouses today: e.g. Mikronisi, Konida, Paximada, Kavalos, Chrysi, Megalonisi, Gavdos, Gavdopoula, Elaphonisi, Grambousa and Souda.}} The islet is in a bay between the capes of Lithino and Kefalas, at Kommos, and close to Gortyn which was the ancient capital of Crete. It is administered within Heraklion regional unit.