Sphacteria

Sphacteria ({Greek: Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria, in 19th century context also Sphagia) is a small island at the entrance to the bay of Pylos in the Peloponnese, Greece. It was the site of three battles:

  • the 425 BC Battle of Sphacteria in the Peloponnesian war.
  • the 1825 AD Battle of Sphacteria in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire
  • the 1826 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence