Megalonisi

Megalonisi (Μεγαλονήσι)
Waters	Aegean Sea
Archipelago	East Aegean Islands
Geographical location	39 ° 12 '59 " N , 25 ° 50' 12" E Coordinates: 39 ° 12 '59 " N , 25 ° 50' 12" E
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
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)

[1] 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).

[2] Population of Megalonisi, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, Digital Library , Census 2011 (Greek)