| Sporades Βόρειες Σποράδες |
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| Geography | |
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| Island Chain: | Sporades |
| Total Isles: | 24
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 Greece |
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| Periphery: | Thessaly |
| Prefecture: | Magnesia |
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The (Northern) Sporades (Greek: Βόρειες Σποράδες) are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,[1] in the Aegean Sea. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Magnesia (Μαγνησία Magnisía, maɣniˈsia deriving from the tribe name Magnetes, is the name of the southeastern area of Thessaly Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία For the mythological figure see Euboea (mythology Euboea ( Modern Greek, Εύβοια - Évia &mdash Etymology In ancient times there were various explanations for the name Aegean. It consists of 24 islands, of which 4 are inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos, and Skyros. Alonissos, Alonisos or Alonnisos (Αλόννησος is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Skiathos ( Greek: Σκιάθος Latin forms Sciathos and Sciathus is a small island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. Skopelos ( Greek: Σκόπελος is a Greek Island in the western Aegean sea Skyros (Σκύρος is the southernmost Island of the Sporades, a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. [1]
Administratively, the islands are split between the Greek peripheries of Thessaly (most islands) and Central Greece (Skyros). The peripheries ( Περιφέρειες) are the official regional Administrative divisions of Greece. Thessalia redirects here For the Butterfly Genus, see Thessalia (butterfly. Continental Greece ( Στερεά Ελλάδα - Stereá Elláda, earlier Χέρσος Ελλάς) or Central Greece ( Κεντρική Ελλάδα
See also
- Cyclades - Greek island group south of the Sporades. The CYCLADES Packet switching network was an extremely influential French network system in the early 1970s similar to the ARPANET.
- Dodecanese - Greek island group formerly known as the Southern Sporades. The Dodecanese ( Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands' are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Southern Sporades (Greek Nóties Sporádes) are Greek islands situated between the Cyclades and Turkey.
References
Notes
- "Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros.
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