Agios Minas (Fourni)

Agios Minas (Άγιος Μηνάς)
	Agios Minas with Mikros Agios Minas
Waters	Aegean Sea
Archipelago	Southern Sporades
Geographical location	37 ° 35 '50 " N , 26 ° 33' 9" E Coordinates: 37 ° 35 '50 " N , 26 ° 33' 9" E
length	3.3 km
width	1.1 km
surface	2.343 km²
Highest elevation	210 m
Residents	3 (2011) ; 1.3 inhabitants / km²
	Location of Agios Minas

The Greek island of Agios Minas ( Greek Άγιος Μηνάς ( m. Sg. )) Is the third largest and most easterly of the Fourni archipelago in the eastern Aegean . The island is named after a small chapel in the southeast opposite Kamari on Fourni.

Agios Minas is less than 500 m east of the main island Fourni. The island has an area of 2,343 km², the highest point in the north of the island is 210 m. In a southwest-northeast orientation, Agios Minas reaches the maximum length of 3.3 km, due to the strongly indented coastline, the width varies between 250 m and 1.1 km. The islet of Mikros Agios Minas is about 170 m south .

According to the 2011 census, Agios Minas had three residents. The non-governmental organization Archipelagos - Institute of Marine Conservation has been running a mariculture since autumn 2003 in order to experiment with the breeding and culture of various marine animals. Alternative methods and their effects on marine ecosystems are also examined.

Population development of Agios Minas
year	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Residents	1	1	2	2	-	3	3	3

On Agios Minas characteristic Phrygana populations with Genista acanthoclada , Centaurea spinosa and Sarcopoterium spinosum as well as low maquis with Pistacia lentiscus and Juniperus phoenicea determine the landscape.

The three reptile species Laudakia stellio , Ablepharus kitaibelii and the snake- eye lizard Ophisops elegans are known from the island .

Web links

General information about Agios Minas Aegean Portal

Individual evidence

↑ Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .
^ Map NA 6, Samos - Ikaria, 1: 70,000 . Z-Editions, 2007, ISBN 960-6693-12-0 .
↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Agios Minas, Archipelagos ( Memento of September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
↑ Population of Agios Minas 1940–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)
↑ Maria Dimaki, Anastasios Legakis: The reptile fauna of the Fourni Archipelago (Eastern Aegean, Greece) . In: Herpetozoa . tape 12 , no. (3/4) . Vienna 1999, p. 129-133] .

[1] Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .

[2] Map NA 6, Samos - Ikaria, 1: 70,000 . Z-Editions, 2007, ISBN 960-6693-12-0 .

[VZ2011-3] Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[4] Agios Minas, Archipelagos ( Memento of September 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

[5] Population of Agios Minas 1940–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library (Greek)

[6] Maria Dimaki, Anastasios Legakis: The reptile fauna of the Fourni Archipelago (Eastern Aegean, Greece) . In: Herpetozoa . tape 12 , no. (3/4) . Vienna 1999, p. 129-133] .