Sokastro
| Sokastro (Σώκαστρο) | ||
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| Waters | Aegean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Dodecanese | |
| Geographical location | 35 ° 36 ' N , 27 ° 3' E | |
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| length | 540 m | |
| width | 390 m | |
| surface | 0.119 km² | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Sokastro ( Greek Σώκαστρο [ ˈsɔkastrɔ ] ( n. Sg. )), Also Esokastro (Εσώκαστρο), is an uninhabited Greek island in the municipality of Karpathos in the South Aegean region , which belongs to the Dodecanese archipelago . Sokastro is located immediately northwest of the village of Lefkos on the west coast of the island of Karpathos and is separated from it by a 68 meter wide strait .
Traces of previous settlement can still be seen on the rocky island. During the Byzantine Empire , magazines and cisterns were built here. Later crusaders , who were called Franks by the Greeks , and gave the name to the opposite beach at Lefkos, Frangolimionas , stayed here for a while. The wide view along the coast made it possible to give warning signs as far as the Paleokastra rock near Arkasa . Today a circular route leads across the island plateau, in the northeast of the island there is a landing stage for small boats.
literature
- Antje Schwab, Gunther Schwab: Karpathos . Verlag Michael Müller, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89953-537-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Arnold (ed.): The islands of the Mediterranean . A unique and complete overview. 2nd Edition. marebuchverlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 3-86648-096-2 .
