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Alonnisos (Greek: Αλόννησος), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades . It is 3 km (2 mi) (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos.
Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea.
Besides the sea area, the park includes the island of Alonnisos, six smaller islands (Peristera, Kyra Panagia, Gioura, Psathoura, Piperi and Skantzoura), as well as 22 uninhabited islets and rocky outcrops. It is located in the region of the Northern Sporades Islands, in the northern Aegean Sea.
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
The (Northern) Sporades [a] are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea, [2] in the Aegean Sea. They consist of 24 islands, four of which are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros. [2] They may also be referred to as the Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες).
Kyra Panagia (Greek: Κυρά Παναγιά [ciˈra panaˈʝa]) is a Greek island in the Sporades archipelago, in the northern Aegean Sea. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos in the Sporades regional unit. The island is also known by the name of Pelagos and rarely Pelagonisi.
Piperi (Greek: Πιπέρι pronounced, meaning pepper) is a Greek island in the Northern Sporades archipelago along the east coast of Greece, in the Aegean Sea. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos and, after Skyros, is the Sporades' easternmost island. Piperi is the core of the marine park and the approach within 3 ...
Greece is divided into 13 regions (the official regional administrative divisions), including nine on the mainland and four island groups. The regions are further subdivided into 74 regional units . The country has many islands (approximately 1,400, of which 227 are inhabited), including Crete , the Dodecanese , the Cyclades and the Ionian ...