Laconia Peninsula. The Mani Peninsula is in the west region of Lakonia. The islands of Kythira and Antikythera lie to the south, but they administratively belong to the Attica regional unit of islands. The island, Elafonisos, situated between the Laconian mainland and Kythira, is part of Laconia. The Eurotas is the longest river in the prefecture. The valley of the Eurotas is predominantly an agricultural region that contains many citrus groves, olive groves, and pasture lands. It is the location of the largest orange production in the Peloponnese and probably in all of Greece. Lakonia, a brand of orange juice, is
RMS Laconia (1921) was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Northumberland. Launched on 9 April 1921, she was completed in January 1922. Her port of registry was Liverpool. The code letters KLWT and United Kingdom Official Number 145925 were allocated. As a Royal Mail Ship, "Laconia" was entitled to display the Royal Mail "crown" logo as a part of its crest. In January 1923 "Laconia" began the first around-the-world cruise, which lasted 130 days and called at 22 ports. On 8 September 1925, "Laconia" collided with the British schooner "Lucia P. Dow" in the Atlantic Ocean east of Nantucket, Massachusetts,