{"id":370407,"date":"2026-08-26T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=370407"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T10:49:42","slug":"crete-island-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crete-island-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crete Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>Greek media has reported that more than 300 migrants have been rescued off Crete coast in last few days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Crete Island<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_370409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-370409\" style=\"width: 391px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-370409\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Britannica-3.jpg?resize=391%2C368&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crete Island\" width=\"391\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Britannica-3.jpg?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Britannica-3.jpg?resize=768%2C723&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Source-Britannica-3.jpg?w=870&amp;ssl=1 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-370409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Crete island is located in the <strong>southern part of the Aegean Sea<\/strong> (a part of the Mediterranean Sea) and is a part of <strong>Greece.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>largest island in Greece<\/strong> and the <strong>fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Borders:<\/strong> The island is bordered by the <strong>Sea of Crete<\/strong> to the north, the <strong>Libyan Sea<\/strong> to the south, the <strong>Myrtoan Sea<\/strong> to the west, and the <strong>Carpathian Sea<\/strong> to the east.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Topography:<\/strong> The island is dominated by <strong>rugged mountains<\/strong> that crisscross from west to east.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>highest point<\/strong> on the island is <strong>Mt. Ida,<\/strong> also known as <strong>Psiloritis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economy:<\/strong> Its economy is primarily based on <strong>tourism, agriculture, and shipping.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Greek media has reported that more than 300 migrants have been rescued off Crete coast in last few days. About Crete Island Location: Crete island is located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea (a part of the Mediterranean Sea) and is a part of Greece. It is the largest island in Greece&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/crete-island-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crete Island<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-370407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370407\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}