🏝️ Skyros

Greece · Europe · 38.87°N, 24.52°E

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Skyros
Skyros, in some historical contexts Latinized Scyros, is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes; later, it was consecutively known as Pelasgia, Dolopia, and finally Skyros. At 209 km2 (81 sq mi), it is the largest island of the Sporades, and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021.

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Quick facts

CountryGreece
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)38.87°N, 24.52°E · view on map

Skyros is located in Greece, in Europe.

More islands in Greece

Lemnos · Samos · Chios · Paros · Salamis Island · Crete · Samothrace · Milos · Thasos · Elafonisos.

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