Crete (Souda) Naval Base

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Crete Naval Base (Greek: Ναύσταθμος Κρήτης, Nafstathmos Kritis) is a major naval base of the Hellenic Navy and NATO at Souda Bay in Crete, Greece. Formally known in NATO as Naval Support Activity, Souda Bay (NSA-Souda Bay) [1], and more commonly in Greece as the Souda Naval Base (Greek: Ναυτική Βάση Σούδας, Naftiki Vasi Soudas), it serves as the second largest (in numbers of battleships harboured) naval base of the Hellenic Navy and the largest and most prominent naval base for the United States and NATO in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. the Souda Bay naval base is host of the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (ΝMIOTC), which is located at the Northern Sector of the base (Marathi)
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete_Naval_Base
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Coordinates:   35°29'12"N   24°4'59"E
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