Venetiko

Small uninhabited Greek island

Venetiko
Βενέτικο
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Geography
Location	Mediterranean Sea
Coordinates	36°41′45.43′′N 21°53′15.04′′E / 36.6959528°N 21.8875111°E / 36.6959528; 21.8875111
Archipelago	Messenian Oinousses
Administration
Greece
Region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Messenia
Demographics
Population	0 (2020)
Pop. density	0/km² (0/sq mi)

Venetiko (Greek: Βενέτικο), is a small uninhabited Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, south of the Cape Akritas. It belongs to the cluster of the Messenian Oinousses. It is administratively part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, in Messenia. During the ancient times, it was called Theganoussa (Ancient Greek: Θηγανοῦσσά) and it is mentioned by the Pomponius Mela,^[1] Pliny the Elder,^[2] Pausanias ^[3] and Ptolemaeus.^[4]

Though Pausanias calls it an uninhabited island, archaeological evidence suggests that it was once occupied.^[5]

It is included in the Natura 2000.^[6]

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