Megalonisi
Megalonisi (Μεγαλονήσι) | ||
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Waters | Aegean Sea | |
Archipelago | East Aegean Islands | |
Geographical location | 39 ° 12 '59 " N , 25 ° 50' 12" E | |
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length | 2.6 km | |
width | 400 m | |
surface | 95.3 ha | |
Residents | uninhabited |
The uninhabited Greek island Megalonisi ( Greek Μεγαλονήσι ( n. Sg. )) ('Big Island') also Nissiopi (Νησιώπη) or Meganisi (Μεγανήσι) is located in the extreme west of Lesbos . Together with Sigri Megalonisi forms a local community (Τοπική Κοινότητα) in the municipality of Eresos-Andissa in the municipality of Dytiki Lesvos .
location
The elongated island forms the western end of the maximum 23 m deep Bay of Sigri (Όρμος του Σιγρίου) and protects the largest natural harbor of Lesbos from the often strong winds. The small rock island Kavalouros (Καβαλούρος) is 1.3 km southwest.
Settlement
During the late Bronze Age there was a settlement near the southern tip. Today there are only two buildings on the island, a 20 m high lighthouse and the small chapel Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος). Megalonisi can be reached from Sigri by boat.
- Population development of Megalonisi
year | 1920 | 1928 | 1940 | 1951 | 1961 | 1971 | 1981 | 1991 | 2001 | 2011 |
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Residents | 4th | 4th | 7th | 5 | 2 | - | 0 | 0 |
nature
On the sparsely vegetated island, petrified tree trunks , some of them lying in the sea, have been preserved very well.
natural reserve
As a place of particular natural beauty, Megalonisi has been under protection since 2000 (ΦΕΚ 1176 / Β / 2000). In addition, the island is part of different protected areas:
- 1985: Natural monument Petrified Forest , UNESCO Geopark since 2004 , 150 km²
- 1999: Natura 2000 area GR 4220004, Western Peninsula Lesvos - Petrified Forest (Λέσβου Δυτική Χερσόνησος - Απολιθωμένο Δάσος), 209.72 km² at the same time part of the Important Bird Areas GR 134 Χποηος οποηος εοροηοτινσοηοντηοροηθιντοστοστοηοηοντντοροηοτντοροηθς δσοηοτινσοηθς σοηοτινσοηοστντοροηοτστοσοηοστντοροηοτστοστοηοστεοσοηθστοστοηοτοστασοηοστντοσοηθς εοηθς) , 340 km²
map
- 212 Lesbos, 1: 70,000 (map) . Road Editions, 2006, ISBN 960-8481-92-9 .
Web links
- Municipality of Eresos, website of the administrative region North Aegean , Greek
- Megalonisi lighthouse , English, Greek
- Ministry of Environment, Regional Planning and Public Relations, Natura 2000 area GR 4110003 , English
- UNESCO Geopark Petrified Forest Lesbos , (.pdf 120 kB), English
- Island dates (M18) , Greek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ourania Kouka: Settlement organization in the North and East Aegean during the Early Bronze Age (3rd millennium BC) . In: International Archeology . tape 58 . Verlag Marie Leidorf , Rahden 2002, ISBN 978-3-89646-330-2 , p. 141 (Dissertation: University of Heidelberg, 1996).
- ↑ Population of Megalonisi, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library , Census 2011 (Greek)