Modhia
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Μόδιο
Population: Uninhabited
Elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....

:
66 m
Coordinates: 38.421 or 38° 25' 14" N
21.0005 or 21° 1' 3" E
Location: Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands
The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e...

, east of Ithaca
Ithaca
Ithaca or Ithaka is an island located in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of and a little more than three thousand inhabitants. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit. It lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and...

 and west of Aitoloakarnania
Range
Mountain range
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:
none
Type: N/A


The Modhia or Stamodio or Módi (Greek: Μόδιο) Islands form a small chain of islands, themselves part of the Echinades
Echinades
thumb|300px|The EchinadesThe Echinades are a group of islands in the Ionian Islands, off the coast of Acarnania, Greece...

 group, which in turn are part of the Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands
The Ionian Islands are a group of islands in Greece. They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e...

 of Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. Most people consider that there are four Modhia Islands; nearby and interspersed are several islets, rocks, and awash formations that are not counted but geologically form part of the Modhia chain.

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