Kefalonia, Greece

Cephalonia or Kefalonia is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the onlymunicipality of the regional unit. The capital of Cephalonia is Argostoli.

The size of the island is about 781 km2 (300 mi2), and the present population density is 55 people per km2 (140/mi2). The town of Argostoli has one-third of the island's inhabitants.

Cephalonia is in the heart of an earthquake zone, and dozens of minor or unrecorded tremors occur each year. In 1953, a massive earthquake almost destroyed all settlement on the island, leaving only Fiscardo in the north untouched.

phalonia is well known for its endangered loggerhead turtle population which nest on many beaches along the south coast of the island.

The image was taken by DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite on 12th June, 2003.

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