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The ancient name of the Ionian island, Korfu (Corfu); one of the Ionian Islands near the northwestern coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea; now called Kerkira; 593 square miles (1,536 square kilometers) in size; the dispute between Kerkyra and the city of Korinth (Corinth) over the Ionian city of Epidamnus, was one of the initial causes of the long and bloody Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
The name may also be rendered as Korcyra.
Approximate east longitude 19.45 and north latitude 39.40.
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