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Saronic Islands
Part of Sporades
The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland. The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis, Aegina, Agistri, and Poros.
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The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland. The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis, Aegina, Agistri, and Poros. The islands of Hydra and Dokos, which lie off the northeast tip of the Peloponnese (technically between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf), are sometimes included as part of the Saronic Islands. The Saronics belong to the Greek administration of Attica. Many mainland Greeks have vacation homes in the Saronic Islands, which are regularly served by ferries from the Athen's port of Piraeus and the Peloponnese. Salamis, the largest island of the group, is where the ancient Greek navy defeated the Persians in the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands4
- Minor islands5
- Islets12
- Rocks & skerries68
Major islands
Poros
- Area
- 22.5 km²
- High point
- 358 m
Poros (Greek: Πόρος; Modern Greek pronunciation: [ˈporos]) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, about 58 km (36 miles; 31 nautical miles) south of the port of Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200 m (656 ft) wide sea channel, with the town of Galatas on the mainland across the strait.
Spetses
- Area
- 20 km²
- High point
- 244 m
Dokos
- Area
- 13.4 km²
- High point
- 297 m
" It is part of the municipality of Ýdra (Hydra) in Islands regional unit and reported a population of 18 persons at the 2011 census. The island is populated only by some Orthodox monks and perennial sheep herders. The island is rocky, reaching a height of 308 metres (1,010 ft).
Agios Georgios
- Area
- 4.2 km²
- High point
- 297 m
Agios Georgios (Greek: Άγιος Γεώργιος) or San Tzortzis is a Greek uninhabited island in the entry of Saronic Gulf. It is the largest uninhabited island of the Saronic Islands with an area of 4.3 km2. Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Hydra.
Minor islands
Spetsopoula
- Area
- 1.9 km²
- High point
- 108 m
Fleves
- Area
- 1.3 km²
- High point
- 74 m
Falkonera
- Area
- 1.1 km²
- High point
- 194 m
Psyttaleia
- Area
- 0.57 km²
- High point
- 38 m
Modi
- Area
- 0.13 km²
- High point
- 80 m
Islets
- Ydrousa15 m · 0.06 km²
- Bisti1 m · 0.04 km²
- Agios Ioannis9 m · 0.03 km²
- Flevopoula18 m · 0.02 km²
- Atalanti Island4 m · 0.01 km²
- Mikro3 m · 0.7 ha
- Unnamed island9 m · 0.5 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.4 ha
- Unnamed island0.4 ha
- Unnamed island1 m · 0.3 ha
- Unnamed island3 m · 0.3 ha
- Daskalio0.2 ha
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Comparative heights
- Poros: 358 m
- Dokos: 297 m
- Agios Georgios: 297 m
- Spetses: 244 m
- Falkonera: 194 m
- Spetsopoula: 108 m
- Modi: 80 m
- Fleves: 74 m
- Psyttaleia: 38 m
- Flevopoula: 18 m
- Ydrousa: 15 m
- Agios Ioannis: 9 m
- Atalanti: 4 m
- Mikro: 3 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Poros | 22.5 km² |
| Spetses | 20 km² |
| Dokos | 13.4 km² |
| Agios Georgios | 4.2 km² |
| Spetsopoula | 1.9 km² |
| Fleves | 1.3 km² |
| Falkonera | 1.1 km² |
| Psyttaleia | 0.57 km² |
| Modi | 0.13 km² |
| Ydrousa | 0.06 km² |
| Bisti | 0.04 km² |
| Agios Ioannis | 0.03 km² |
| Flevopoula | 0.02 km² |
| Atalanti Island | 0.01 km² |
| Mikro | 0.7 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.5 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.4 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Unnamed island | 0.3 ha |
| Daskalio | 0.2 ha |
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Photographs
The isle of Agios Georgios, at Saronic gulf.
Living by the sea.
View of the Saronic Gulf from the ruins of one of the remaining towers of the Walls of Conon on Akti Themistokleous. Piraeus, Greece.
Makronisos Peiraia
Inhabited islands of Argo-saronic, Greece
Saronic Gulf beach in Paleo Faliro (Attica, Greece)
Galataki, Corinthia, Greece: View from a hill 500 m west of Galataki, probably the site of ancient Solygeia. View to the east on the Saronic gulf.
Southern shore of the Saronic Gulf
The Saronic Gulf at dusk. View from the edge of the harbour of Aegina.
The Saronic Gulf. In the background, the island of Poros.
View of Ancient Epidaurus from a cafe on EO Argous Archeas Epidavrou. Palaia Epidavros, Argolis, Greece.
View of the Saronic Gulf from Athens at night. In the distance, the island of Aegina.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Άγιος Γεώργιος Λαυρεωτικής 9326. C messier / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Saronic gulf MG 5506. Xenofondas xt / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ruins of a tower from the Walls of Conon (AktiThemistokleous, Piraeus) on 22 February 2019. George E. Koronaios / CC0
- Makronisos Peiraia. C messier / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Argo-saronic EN. Panagiotis Botsis / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Attica 06-13 Paleo Faliro 04 beach. A.Savin / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hill west of Galataki 01. Schuppi / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Southern shore of the Saronic Gulf (50450829023). Julien Seguinot from Lille, France / CC BY-SA 2.0
- The Saronic Gulf at dusk. View from the edge of the harbour of Aegina. George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Saronic Gulf on August 20, 2021. George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA 4.0
- View of Palaia Epidaurus on 23 May 2019. George E. Koronaios / CC0
- View of the Saronic Gulf from Athens at night on March 22, 2024. George E. Koronaios / CC BY-SA 4.0