Sphacteria

Sphacteria (Σφακτηρία - Sfaktiria) also known as Sphagia (Σφαγία) 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 1827 AD Battle of Navarino, also in the Greek War of Independence