| Makronisos Μακρόνησος |
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 Aerial picture of Makronisos |
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| Island Chain: | None |
| Area:[1] | 20 km² (8 sq.mi.) |
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| Periphery: | South Aegean |
| Prefecture: | Cyclades |
| Capital: | Uninhabited |
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| Population: | 0 (as of 2001) |
| Density: | 0 /km² (0 /sq. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. South Aegean is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The CYCLADES Packet switching network was an extremely influential French network system in the early 1970s similar to the ARPANET. mi. ) |
| Postal Code: | 840 02 |
| Area Code: | 22880 |
Makronisos (Greek: Μακρόνησος long island) is an island in the Aegean sea, in Greece and is located close to the coast of Attica, facing the port of Lavrio. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Attica (Αττική Attikí;) is a periphery (subdivision in Greece, containing Athens, the capital of Greece Laurion redirects here For the Moth Genus, see Laurion (moth. It has an elongated shape (3km north to south, ca. 500 m east to west) and its terrain is arid and rocky. In ancient times the island was called Helena. It is part of the prefecture of the Cyclades but it is not part of that island chain. The CYCLADES Packet switching network was an extremely influential French network system in the early 1970s similar to the ARPANET. Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Kea. The island is currently uninhabited. However, from the time of the Greek Civil War up until the restoration of democracy following the collapse of the Regime of the Colonels, it was used as a place of imprisonment for Greek communists, hosting hundreds of prisoners. The Greek Civil War (ο Eμφύλιος, "the Civil War" fought from 1946 to 1949 by the Governmental forces receiving logistical support by the United Kingdom The Metapolitefsi ( Greek: Μεταπολίτευση, translated as Polity or Regime change) was a period in Greek Regime of the Colonels redirects here For the Polish regime of colonels see Colonels' group. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based Because of its history, it is considered as a monument of the civil war era; therefore the island itself and the original structures on it are protected from alterations. A monument is a structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of past The straits between Makronisos and neighbouring Kea are the site of the sinking, in 1916, of HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the RMS Titanic. A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year History Post- Titanic design changes Following the loss of the Titanic and the subsequent enquiries several design changes were made to the remaining Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland
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Geography
- Location:
- Longitude: 24. 13 (24°7'8') E
- Latitude: 37. 694 (37°41'30') N
- Postal code: 840 02
- Elevation:
- lowest: sea level
- highest: 281 m
- Area: about 20 km²
- Dialing code: +30-22880 (030-22880)-34
Further Reading
- Hamilakis, Yannis, "The Other 'Parthenon': Antiquity and National Memory at Makronisos", Journal of Modern Greek Studies 20:2 (October 2002), pp. This is a list of country calling codes defined by ITU-T recommendation E The Journal of Modern Greek Studies is an Academic journal founded in 1983 and the official publication of the Modern Greek Studies Association 307-338.
References
- ^ Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www. ypes. gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
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