Strongyle (Andiparos)
| Strongyle (Στρογγύλη) | ||
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Cyclades | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 57 ′ N , 24 ° 58 ′ E | |
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| length | 1.85 km | |
| width | 1.1 km | |
| surface | 1,638 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Vigles 183 m |
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| Residents | uninhabited | |
Strongyli ( Greek Στρογγύλη ( f. Sg. )) Is a small Greek Cyclades island in the Aegean Sea , which administratively belongs to the municipality of Andiparos within the South Aegean Region (Περιφέρεια Νότιου Αιγαίου).
location
The now uninhabited island is located southwest of Andiparos. Strongyli is separated from the neighboring island of Despotiko , which is also uninhabited , by an approximately 800 m wide strait.
geology
It is believed that in the Erdneuzeit the island was an active volcano, since the highest elevation Vigles (pl. Βίγλες, Guardian ') to 183 m in height from Liparit exists.
history
Strongyli shows traces of early settlement. On the island there is a ruin of a small late Byzantine church with antique columns and other antique building materials. In 1988 a stone grave with a human skeleton was discovered, the date is still pending. Older cultivated areas are now overgrown with gorse.
natural reserve
Due to the typical plant occurrence of the Cyclades with holm oaks , Phoenician juniper and gorse, Strongyli was designated together with the neighboring island Despotiko as Natura 2000 area GR 4220017 Islands Despotiko and Strongylo (Νήσοι Δεσποτικό και Στρογγυλό). A colony of Mediterranean monk seals lives on the coast .
Web links
- General information about Strongyli , Greek
- Natura 2000 area GR 4220017 , Greek
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 .
- ↑ Τα βουνά των Κυκλάδων