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Akrotiri and Dhekeliai
Regional Level Types
Akrotiri and DhekeliaOverseas Territory

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Area:
254 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Akrotiri713 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
306667
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:306667:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; British Sovereign Base Areas; Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area
Other Languages:
French:
Akrotiri et Dhekelia
German:
Akrotiri und Dekelia
Greek:
Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων
Italian:
Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Russian:
Акротири и Декелия
Simplified Chinese:
亞克羅提利與德凱利亞
Spanish:
Acrotiri y Dhekelia
Afrikaans:
Akrotiri en Dhekelië
Albanian:
Akrotiri dhe Dhekelia
Anglo-Saxon:
Acrotiri and Ðecelia
Arabic:
أكروتيري ودكليا
Aragonese:
Akrotiri y Dhekelia
Armenian:
Ակրոտիրի և Դեկելիա
Asturian:
Acrotiri y Dhekelia
Azeri:
Akrotiri və Dekeliya
Basque:
Akrotiri eta Dhekelia
Belarusian:
Акратыры і Дэкелія
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Акратыры і Дэкелія
Bengali:
এক্রোতিরি ও ধেকেলিয়া
Bishnupriya Manipuri:
ধেকেলিয়া
Bosnian:
Akrotiri i Dhekelia
Breton:
Akrotiri ha Dhekelia
Bulgarian:
Акротири и Декелия
Catalan:
Akrotiri i Dekèlia
Chechen:
Акротири а
Cornish:
Akrotiri ha Dhekelia
Croatian:
Akrotiri i Dhekelia
Czech:
Akrotiri a Dhekelia
Danish:
Akrotiri og Dhekelia
Dutch:
Akrotiri en Dhekelia
Dutch Low Saxon:
Akrotiri en Dhekelia
Esperanto:
Akrotiri kaj Dekelia
Estonian:
Akrotiri ja Dhekelia
Farsi/Persian:
آکراتاری و داکیلیا
Finnish:
Akrotiri ja Dhekelia
Franco-Provençal:
Akrotiri et Dhekèlia
Galician:
Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Georgian:
აკროტირი და დეკელია
Gujarati:
અક્રોતીરી અને ધેકેલીયા
Hebrew:
אקרוטירי ודקליה
Hindi:
अक्रोत्तिरी और धेकेलिया
Hungarian:
Akrotíri és Dekélia
Iloko:
Akrotiri ken Dhekelia
Indonesian:
Akrotiri dan Dhekelia
Irish Gaelic:
Akrotiri agus Dhekelia
Japanese:
アクロティリおよびデケリア
Javanese:
Akrotiri lan Dhekelia
Kalmyk:
Акротирин болн Декелин Һазр
Kannada:
ಅಕ್ರೋಟರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಧೇಕೆಲಿಯಾ
Karachay-Balkar:
Акротири эм Декелия
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Акротири мен Декелия
Korean:
아크로티리 데켈리아
Kyrgyz:
Акротири жана Декелия
Latin:
Acroterium et Decelea
Latvian:
Akrotiri un Dekelija
Ligurian:
Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Limburgian:
Akrotiri en Dhekelia
Lithuanian:
Akrotiris ir Dekelija
Macedonian:
Акротири и Декелија
Malay:
Akrotiri dan Dhekelia
Malayalam:
അക്രോത്തിരിയും ദകേലിയയും
Manx:
Akrotiri as Dhekelia
Marathi:
आक्रोतिरी आणि ढेकेलिया
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Akrotiri kap Dhekelia
Norwegian:
Akrotiri og Dekelia
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Akrotíri og Dekélia
Occitan:
Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Odia:
ଆକ୍ରୋତିରି ଓ ଢେକେଲିଆ
Ossetian:
Акротири æмæ Декели
Polish:
Akrotiri i Dhekelia
Portuguese:
Acrotíri e Deceleia
Punjabi:
ਅਕਰੋਤਿਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਧਕੇਲੀਆ
Romanian:
Akrotiri și Dhekelia
Rusyn:
Акротири и Декелия
Scots:
Akrotiri an Dhekelia
Serbian:
Акротири и Декелија
Serbo-Croatian:
Akrotiri i Dhekelia
Sinhalese:
අකොටිරි සහ ධෙකිලා
Slovak:
Suverénne základňové územia Akrotiri a Dekeleia
Somali:
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
Sundanese:
Akrotiri jeung Dhékélia
Swedish:
Akrotiri och Dhekelia
Tagalog:
Akrotiri at Dhekelia
Tamil:
அக்ரோத்திரியும் டெகேலியாவும்
Tatar:
Акротири һәм Декелия
Telugu:
ఆక్రొతిరి మరియు ఢెకెలియా
Thai:
แอโครเทียรีและดิเคเลีย
Traditional Chinese:
塞浦路斯英屬基地區
Turkish:
Ağrotur ve Dikelya
Ukrainian:
Акротирі і Декелія
Urdu:
ایکروتیری و دیکیلیا
Venetian:
Akrotiri e Dhekelia
Vietnamese:
Akrotiri và Dhekelia
Waray:
Akrotiri ngan Dhekelya
Welsh:
Akrotiri a Dhekelia
Western Punjabi:
ایکروتیری تے دیکیلیا
Yoruba:
Akrotiri àti Dhekelia
Zazaki:
Akrotiri u Dikelya
Zeelandic:
Akrotiri en Dhekelia


The Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (SBA) is a British Overseas Territory on the Island of Cyprus.
Akrotiri 123 km2 (47 sq mi)
Dhekelia 131 km2 (51 sq mi)

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Fossils

There are 41 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences41
Youngest Fossil Listed7.25 Ma (Miocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed16.0 Ma (Miocene)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Dentalium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Dentaliida : Dentaliidae : Dentalium15.97 - 13.82 Ma
Miocene
Gastropoda
class
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda15.97 - 13.82 Ma
Miocene
Cerithium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiidae : Cerithium13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Anadara
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Anadara13.82 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Glycymeris
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Glycymeris11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Limopsis
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Limopsidae : Limopsis11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Amusium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Amusium15.97 - 13.82 Ma
Miocene
Flabellipecten
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Pecten15.97 - 13.82 Ma
Miocene
Ostrea
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Ostreidae : Ostraea11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Anomalocardia
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Anomalocardia13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Callista
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Callista11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Cardium
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardium11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Ctena
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Ctena11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Lucina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucina11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Mactra
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Mactridae : Mactra11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Megaxinus
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Megaxinus13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Tellina
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Tellina11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Poromya
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyidae : Poromya11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Arcidae : Barbatia : Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Tucetona pectinata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Arcida : Glycymerididae : Tucetona : Tucetona pectinata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Antigona (Ventricola)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Antigona : Antigona (Ventricola)11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Afrocardium hirsutum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Afrocardium : Afrocardium hirsutum11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Lucina (Dentilucina)
subgenus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Lucina : Lucina (Dentilucina)11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Yoldia nitida
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Yoldia : Yoldia nitida13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Myrtea spinifera
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Myrtea : Myrtea spinifera11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Linga (Linga) columbella
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Linga : Linga (Linga) columbella11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Antigona : Venus (Ventricola) multilamella13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Chama gryphoides
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae : Chama : Chama gryphoides11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pholadida : Corbulidae : Corbula : Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Timoclea ovata
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Timoclea : Timoclea ovata11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Neopycnodonta cochlear
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Gryphaeidae : Neopycnodonta : Neopycnodonta cochlear13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Cardiidae : Protocardia : Protocardia (Protocardia) striatulum13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Megathiris detruncata
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Megathyrididae : Megathiris : Megathiris detruncata13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Parvamussium felsineum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Propeamussiidae : Parvamussium : Parvamussium felsineum13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Turritella turris
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Turritella : Turritella turris11.62 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Camptonectes virgatus
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinidae : Camptonectes : Camptonectes virgatus13.82 - 11.62 Ma
Miocene
Megaxinus transversa
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Megaxinus : Megaxinus transversa13.82 - 7.246 Ma
Miocene
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 2 fossil localities

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrotiri_and_Dhekelia
Wikidata ID:Q37362


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