page_title: Elasa
hierarchical_section_title: Elasa
caption_attribution_description: 19831 Mission: ISS014 Roll: E Frame: 19109 Mission ID on the Film or image: ISS014 Country or Geographic Name: CRETE Features: C. SIDHEROS, ELASSA I. Center Point Latitude: 35.3 Center Point Longitude: 26.3 (Negative numbers indicate south for latitude and west for longitude) Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. "The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth." &lt;http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/scripts/sseop/photo.pl?mission=ISS014&amp;roll=E&amp;frame=19831&gt; (10/03/2009) . Send questions or comments to the NASA Responsible Official at jsc-earthweb@mail.nasa.gov Curator: Earth Sciences Web Team Notices: Web Accessibility and Policy Notices, NASA Web Privacy Policy
context_page_description: Elasa is an island that can be found northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea, about 3.5 nautical miles from the palm tree forest of Vai. It is rocky and uninhabited covering 1.9 square kilometres. Its highest point is 79 metres above sea level. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi.
context_section_description: Elasa (Greek: Ελάσα) is an island that can be found northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea, about 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 kilometres; 4.0 miles) from the palm tree forest of Vai. It is rocky and uninhabited covering 1.9 square kilometres (0.7 square miles). Its highest point is 79 metres (259 feet) above sea level. Administratively it comes within the Itanos municipality in Lasithi.
caption: Elasa island on the right.
  Kyriamadi island on the left.
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