Ro (island)
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Dodecanese | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 9 ′ 19 ″ N , 29 ° 29 ′ 57 ″ E | |
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| length | 2.63 km | |
| width | 700 m | |
| surface | 1.476 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 87 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Ro ( Greek Ρω ( f. Sg. ) (Rho), more rarely Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος ( m. Sg. )), Turkish Karaada , Black Island) is a small uninhabited Greek island in the municipality of Megisti in the Dodecanese prefecture in eastern Mediterranean .
location
The sparsely overgrown rock island is about 120 km east of Rhodes , 5 km west of the island of Kastellorizo and less than 6 km south of the Turkish coast. With a length of 2.63 km, the maximum width is 1.1 km, the narrowest point is about 300 m. The highest elevation of the 1.476 km² island reaches 87 m in the west. Ro has two bays, Frangolimiona (Φραγκολιμιώνα) in the south and the small port of Agios Georgios with a chapel in the northwest. The islet of Tragonera (Τραγονέρα) joins in the east .
history
The island of Ro was never systematically inhabited for a long period of time. The names Rogi (Ρώγη) or Ropi (Ρόπη) have been handed down from ancient sources . A found wine press from the 4th century BC Chr. Suggests agricultural activity. Since Byzantine times, the island served as a military observation post of Rhodes together with Strongyli , east of Kastellorizo , due to its position in front of the Lycian coast . The small fortified observation post (πύργο-φρυκτωρία) was on the highest elevation and was also used during the rule of the Johanniter over Rhodes until the Ottoman period. The island is also said to have served as a base for Lambros Katsonis from 1788 to 1792.
20th century
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Until 1982 there was only one Greek resident on the island, the shepherdess Despina Achladioti , the " wife of Ro " (Η Κυρά της Ρω), who hoisted the Greek flag every day from 1924 within sight of the Turkish coast and hauled in the evening. This made her a well-known Greek patriot, as Turkey claimed Ro and the neighboring islands due to their proximity to mainland Turkey. A memorial was erected for them on the neighboring island of Kastellorizo.
Today there is only a small Greek military base on Ro, and agriculture is no longer practiced on the island. The municipality of Megisti leases the island to its residents for grazing.
Web links
- General information about Ro , Greek
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή [ΕΛΣΤΑΤ] (Ed.): Στατιστική Επετηρίδα της Ελλάδος (Statistical Yearbook of Greece) 2009 & 2010 . Piraeus 2011, p. 47 .
- ↑ Altitude Ro, Fethiye – Kaş, 1: 100,000 (map) , 1991 diego.monero.name ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Island Orphaned"; dpa report in: Schwäbische Zeitung (Ravensburg edition) of May 15, 1982, p. 5
