Gyra Lagoon
Gyra Lagoon is a lagoon, a coastal body of water separated from the sea by a strip of land, with an area of 3.3 km² (OpenStreetMap). It lies in the municipality of Lefkada (regional unit Lefkada, Ionian Islands). Its surface overlaps the Natura 2000 site Limnothalasses Stenon Lefkadas (Palionis - Avlimon) Kai Alykes Lefkadas (GR2240001). The city of Lefkada stands on its shore.
What kind of water it is
The facts of the water body, with the source of each row.
| Item | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Lagoon | OpenStreetMap |
| Area | 3.3 km² | OpenStreetMap, worked out from the polygon |
The area of a lagoon depends on where the map ends the water and where the shallows and reed beds begin; it is indicative.
Where it lies
Municipalities with at least 5 % of the Greek surface, by the municipal boundaries of OpenStreetMap.
What is protected
Natura 2000 sites that cover at least 3 % of the Greek surface of the lagoon. Each page describes the habitats and species of the site.
- Limnothalasses Stenon Lefkadas (Palionis - Avlimon) Kai Alykes LefkadasGR2240001 · covers 100 % of the surface
Lying in a Natura 2000 site means special assessment procedures apply to projects and activities; this page does not judge what is permitted on a particular plot.
Official bathing-water sites
The official bathing-water register has no site that the European Environment Agency (EEA) classes as a lake site and that lies within 250 m of the shore of the lagoon. That does not mean swimming is allowed or forbidden, or that the water is clean or unfit; it only means there is no official classification here.
Sea beaches beside a lagoon appear, where there are any, under "Places nearby" and not here, because the register classes them as coastal.
Places nearby
Pages of this site, in a straight line and on the same side of the water, nearest first.
Towns and villages
- Lefkadacity, on the shore
- Frynivillage, 938 m from the shore
- Kalligonisettlement, 2.0 km from the shore
- Apolpainavillage, 2.1 km from the shore
- Kariotesvillage, 4.0 km from the shore
Beaches
- Gyra (Anna)Excellent, on the shore
- Agios Ioannis - MyloiExcellent, 251 m from the shore
- Agios Ioannis - KaminiaExcellent, 1.8 km from the shore
Sights
- Castle of Santa MauraCastle, 265 m from the shore
- LefkadaArchaeological site, 13.4 km from the shore
Peaks
- Elatimountain 1,158 m, 14.7 km from the shore
Nearest ferry port
- Port of Nydri, Lefkada15.1 km
Daylight
Sunrise and sunset at the point on the water that the map shows, for the 15th of each month, in Greek time (Europe/Athens). Calculated with the standard solar-geometry formula for a flat horizon; terrain around the water and cloud are not taken into account.
| Month | Day length | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7 h | 07:54 | 17:37 |
| February | 10.7 h | 07:29 | 18:13 |
| March | 11.9 h | 06:50 | 18:43 |
| April | 13.2 h | 07:02 | 20:12 |
| May | 14.3 h | 06:25 | 20:41 |
| June | 14.9 h | 06:11 | 21:03 |
| July | 14.7 h | 06:23 | 21:02 |
| August | 13.7 h | 06:50 | 20:33 |
| September | 12.5 h | 07:17 | 19:47 |
| October | 11.3 h | 07:45 | 19:00 |
| November | 10.1 h | 07:19 | 17:24 |
| December | 9.5 h | 07:48 | 17:16 |
Climate of the nearest settlement
This section is about Lefkada, the nearest settlement with a page, not about the water itself. The water temperature of the lagoon is not in the open data we use.
| Month | Mean temperature (°C) | Rain (mm) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0 | 122 |
| February | 10.4 | 99 |
| March | 12.5 | 84 |
| April | 15.2 | 50 |
| May | 19.2 | 38 |
| June | 23.5 | 24 |
| July | 26.3 | 14 |
| August | 27.0 | 23 |
| September | 23.5 | 85 |
| October | 19.5 | 109 |
| November | 15.5 | 136 |
| December | 11.6 | 153 |
NASA POWER (MERRA-2), period 2001–2020, model cell about 20 km from the settlement (a grid of about 50 km). Monthly averages from a regional model, not station readings and not a forecast.
How the numbers were counted
The water body, its outline and its name are OpenStreetMap's (ODbL, Geofabrik snapshot 24 Sep 2026, processed 9 Oct 2026). The area was worked out from the polygon, simplified to about 150 m, and is the area the map shows, not an official figure. A water body has a page when it has a name, an area of at least 2 km² in OpenStreetMap and at least 1 km² inside a Greek municipality.
The municipalities, the Greek part and the overlap with Natura 2000 sites come from a grid of about 10,000 points over the polygon's box: the points that fall inside the water and inside an OpenStreetMap municipal boundary or a YPEN (geoportal) Natura 2000 site are counted. The percentages are a sample, not an exact surface measurement.
The towns, beaches, sights and peaks of the "Places nearby" section are pages of this site. Distances are in a straight line from the nearest shore, not road kilometres, and a place is left out when sea lies between it and the water. A bathing site of the register counts as being on the lake when the EEA classes it as a lake site (the specialisedZoneType column of the classification table) and it lies within 250 m of the outline; of the register's sites that have a page on this site, the EEA classes only 2 as lake sites.
OpenStreetMap does not link this water body to a Wikidata item, so the page has no surface height, depth, inflows or outflow from there.
See also
- Lefkada Municipalitymunicipality
- Lefkadaregional unit
- Ionian Islandsregion
- All lakes and lagoonslist
- Natura 2000 siteslist
- Sights of Greecelist
- Regions of Greecelist
Sources
Every figure on this page comes from the sources below, with the date each was updated.
- OpenStreetMap: lakes, reservoirs, lagoons and damsOpenStreetMap contributors, via a Geofabrik snapshot · Geofabrik snapshot of 24 September 2026 · Date:
- Monthly climate normalsNASA POWER, MERRA-2 meteorological model · 2001–2020 climatology period returned by NASA POWER · Date:
- Natura 2000 protected sitesMinistry for Environment and Energy: YPEN geoportal · Current national Natura 2000 network · Date:
- Designated bathing waters (locations)Ministry for Environment and Energy: YPEN geoportal · Current bathing season register · Date:
- Bathing water quality classificationEuropean Environment Agency: WISE Bathing Water Directive database · Latest assessed season in the EEA database; every season from 2011 is kept as a per-beach history · Date:
- This water body in OpenStreetMap (link only)OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
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