Northern Sporades [1] ( Greek Βόρειοι Σποράδες , Vorii-Sporades [2] ; Greek Σποράδες - “scattered”) is an archipelago in the Aegean Sea , lying along the eastern coast of Greece north of Euboea .
| Northern Sporades | |
|---|---|
| Greek Ρειοι Σποράδες | |
 Northern Sporades archipelago on a map of Greece | |
| Specifications | |
| Number of islands | 14 area from 1 km ² |
| Largest island | Skyros |
| Location | |
| Water area | Aegean Sea |
| A country |
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| Periphery | Thessaly , Central Greece |
Of the 14 largest islands, only 4 are inhabited: Alonissos, Skiathos, Skyros, Skopelos.
Major Islands:
- Adelphi - 1.0 km²
- Alonissos - 64 km²
- Valax - 4.3 km²
- Kira Panayya - 25 km²
- Peristera - 14 km²
- Piperion - 4.2 km²
- Sarakinon - 3.3 km²
- Scandzura - 6.2 km²
- Skiathos - 47 km²
- Skiropula - 3.8 km²
- Skyros - 209 km²
- Skopelos - 95 km²
- Tsungria - 1.2 km²
- Jura - 11 km²
Apparently, the nature of the location of the islands made their name synonymous with randomness ; and even used with this meaning in terms: for example, a sporadic group .
Gallery
Sporades View
Castronisia
Milia Beach in Skopelos
Tsugriya
See also
Southern Sporades
Notes
- ↑ Northern Sporades // Dictionary of Place Names of Foreign Countries / Otv. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Pererab. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - p. 327.
- ↑ Instructions for the transfer of geographical names on the maps of Greece. - M., 1964. - p. 14.