Gaidouronisi (Tilos)

Gaidouronisi (Γαϊδουρονήσι)
Gaidouronisi seen from Tilos
Waters	Aegean Sea
Archipelago	Dodecanese
Geographical location	36 ° 28 ′ 54 "  N , 27 ° 17 ′ 25"  E Coordinates: 36 ° 28 ′ 54 "  N , 27 ° 17 ′ 25"  E
length	1.6 km
width	700 m
surface	80.2 ha
Highest elevation	157  m
Residents	uninhabited

The uninhabited rocky island of Gaidouronisi ( Greek Γαϊδουρονήσι [ ɣaiðurɔˈnisi ] ( n. Sg. )), Also called Gaidaros Megalou Choriou ( Greek Γάιδαρος Μεγάλου Χωριού ( m. West of about Tilos . )) Is located 1 kilometer north of Tilos . The area is 0.802 km². The island is hilly with some steep rocks. The highest point measures 157 m above sea level. Landing enables an anchor and bathing bay on the south side of the island. There is a beacon on the north side (German identification : Blz (2) 16 ^N 10sm).

Gaidouronisi is not to be confused with the island Gaidaros Livadion ( 36 ° 26 '17 "  N , 27 ° 23' 52"  O ) north of the port map Livadia .

flora

The vegetation ( phrygana ) is only sparsely developed due to goat husbandry. Mainly it consists of stinging rush , thorny gorse , buckthorn ( Rhamnus lycioides subsp. Oleoides ), holly buckthorn , sea ​​onion and head- shaped thyme .

fauna

In addition to feral domestic goats , the following animal species are found on the island:

• insects
  • Dragonflies
• Reptiles
  • European snake eye
  • Hardun
• Birds
  • Eleanor's Falcon
  • Wheatear
  • Velvet warbler

history

Gaidouronisi was a metochi of the Agios Pandeleimonas monastery on Tilos (Μονή Aγίου Παντελεήμονα). Pottery shards indicate earlier cultivation. There is a survey point on the highest elevation . Old concrete and wood remains in the area testify to a guard station from the time it belonged to Italy .

See also

• Anditilos
• List of the Dodecanese Islands

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Δίκτυο Αειφόρων Νήσων Αιγαίου, ΔΑΦΝΗ (Network Sustainability Aegean Islands), Τήλος [1] , Greek, (.pdf 1.9 MB)
2. ^ Nautical chart of Tilos including the secondary islands
3. ↑ Pascale Servias, Pierre Seba: Tilo Botanica - The Flora of Tilos and the Dodecanese (engl./franz.)
4. ↑ Ingeborg Lehmann (Ed.): Greek Islands 3 . The Dodecanese. 1st edition. Kurt Schroeder Verlag, Leichlingen 1985, ISBN 3-87722-379-6 .