Gavrionisia

Gavrionisia
Waters	Aegean Sea
Geographical location	37 ° 51 ′ N , 24 ° 45 ′ E Coordinates: 37 ° 51 ′ N , 24 ° 45 ′ E
Number of islands	7th
Main island	Megalo
Residents	uninhabited

The Greek archipelago Gavrionisia ( Greek Γαυριονήσια ( n. Pl. )) Consists of a small island and six islets, Felseninselchen and some rocks off the southwest coast of the Cyclades -Insel Andros in the Aegean Sea . Administratively, the uninhabited islands belong to the locality of Gavrio in the municipality of Andros.

Geographical location

The islands are located in the bay of Gavriou (Όρμος Γαυρίου) about 3 km south of Gavrio, the main port of Andros. Megalo is the largest island with a length of 1.2 km in north-south direction and a maximum width of just over 200 m. The shortest distance to the island of Andros is to Cape Kourouni (Ακρωτήριο Κουρούνι) to the north-northeast 1.9 km and to Cape Kolona (Ακρωτήριο Κολώνα) near Batsi 2.4 km to the east. Almost parallel to Megalo are the rocky islands of Prassouda, Gaidaros, Plaka and Tourlitis about 1.4 km to the west. The islets Akamatis and Prasso are located off the northwest coast of Megalo.

The individual islands

Surname	Greek name	Area km²	Height m	location
Platy (plati)	Πλατύ ( n. Sg. )		05.5	37 ° 51 ′ 32 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 21" E37.8588286 24.739151
Akamatis (Kapititas)	Ακαμάτης ( m. Sg. ) (Καπισίτας)	0.027	19th0	37 ° 51 ′ 23 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 48" E37.8564059 24.7465968
Megalo (Megalonisi)	Μεγάλο ( n. Sg. ) (Μεγαλονήσι)	0.232	590	37 ° 50 ′ 56 " N , 24 ° 45 ′ 3" E37.8488664 24.7506952
Prasso (Prassouda, Macedonas)	Πράσσο ( n. Sg. ) (Πρασσούδα, Μακεδόνας)		090	37 ° 51 ′ 10 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 44" E37.8527972 24.7454596
Gaidaros (Lagonisi)	Γάϊδαρος ( m. Sg. ) (Λαγονήσι)	0.043	350	37 ° 51 ′ 8 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 7" E37.8522212 24.7351599
Plaka (Prasoudi)	Πλάκα ( f. Sg. ) (Πρασούδι)		06th0	37 ° 50 ′ 56 " N , 24 ° 44 ′ 0" E37.8489172 24.7334218
Tourlitis (Tourleta)	Τουρλίτης ( m. Sg. ) (Τουρλέτα)		130	37 ° 50 ′ 47 " N , 24 ° 43 ′ 57" E37.8462909 24.7326279

nature

The islands were designated as an area of particular natural beauty in 2000.

Since the late 1960s, the University of Lund has been recording the flora of small Aegean islands in order to show changes in the number of species and population sizes due to various environmental influences. The four islands Platy, Tourleta, Makedonas and Akamatis are located in the study area and were first visited in 1968, since 1985 every five years.

Individual evidence

↑ Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (ed.): G1089_10, Ormos Gavriou, 1: 25.000 . Hamburg 2001.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Προσδιορισμός και χαρτογράφηση των ορνιθολογικά ευαίσθητων στα αιολικά πάρκα περιοχών της Ελλάδας , Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία (Hellenic Ornithological Society) PDF Online (1,883 MB), Greek
^ Greek Ministry of Culture, Greek
^ Sven Snogerup, Brit Snogerup: Repeated floristical observations on islets in the Aegean . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution . No. 155 . Springer-Verlag, 1987, p. 143-164 .
^ Sven Snogerup, Brit Snogerup: Changes in the flora of some Aegean islets 1968-2000 . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution . No. 245 . Springer-Verlag, 2004, p. 169-213 .

[BSH-1] Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (ed.): G1089_10, Ormos Gavriou, 1: 25.000 . Hamburg 2001.

[GROrnith-2] Προσδιορισμός και χαρτογράφηση των ορνιθολογικά ευαίσθητων στα αιολικά πάρκα περιοχών της Ελλάδας , Ελληνική Ορνιθολογική Εταιρεία (Hellenic Ornithological Society) PDF Online (1,883 MB), Greek

[3] Greek Ministry of Culture, Greek

[Snogerup87-4] Sven Snogerup, Brit Snogerup: Repeated floristical observations on islets in the Aegean . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution . No. 155 . Springer-Verlag, 1987, p. 143-164 .

[Snogerup04-5] Sven Snogerup, Brit Snogerup: Changes in the flora of some Aegean islets 1968-2000 . In: Plant Systematics and Evolution . No. 245 . Springer-Verlag, 2004, p. 169-213 .