  lefkada, or leucas or leucadia or lefkas or leukas ( ; ancient greek and katharevousa: ÎÎµÏÎºÎ¬Ï), is a greek island in the ionian sea on the west coast of greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. the principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is lefkada.kallikratis law greece ministry of interior  it is situated on the northern part of the island, approximately 20 minutes by automobile away from aktion national airport. the island is part of the regional unit of lefkada. ==geography== thumb|left|180px|the island of lefkada in a nasa world wind satellite picture. lefkada measures  from north to south, and  from east to west. its area is . its highest point is the mountain stavrota,  above sea level,oreivatein.com situated in the middle of the island. the east coast section of the island has small resorts of lygia, nikiana and perigiali, all north of nidri, the largest resort on the island. it is set in a sheltered location with views across to skorpiosâformerly owned by aristotle onassis, meganissi and other small islands, as well as the greek mainland. the main coastal road from lefkada to vasiliki runs through the village, although a bypass has now been completed which skirts the village to the west. there are regular car ferries to kefalonia, ithaca and meganissi. {{conver
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