Syrna
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Archipelago | Southern Sporades | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 20 '49 " N , 26 ° 40' 38" E | |
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| length | 4 km | |
| width | 2.5 km | |
| surface | 7.868 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 322 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Syrna ( Greek Σύρνα [ ˈsirna ] ( f. Sg. )), Formerly also called Sirina ( Greek Σειρήνα [ siˈrina ] ( f. Sg. )), Is a Greek Aegean island , located 35 km southeast of Astypalea and 44 km southwest of Nisyros . Administratively, Syrna belongs to the municipality of Astypalea in the Greek region of South Aegean , Dodecanese regional district .
The highest point of the only 7.8 km² large island is 322 meters high. Today Syrna is uninhabited, remains of buildings can be found on a flatter headland between two bays in the southwest of the island; there is also a chapel dedicated to St. John, and a second chapel on the island is dedicated to St. George. Residents of other islands continue to practice animal husbandry, agriculture and fishing on Syrna.
Minoan finds from the middle Bronze Age prove an early settlement of the island. Several shipwrecks from Classical or Byzantine times have been found in the sea area around the island.
nature
The vegetation on the barren island is dominated by Phoenician juniper ( Juniperus phoenicea ) and other Phrygana plant species .
natural reserve
The island itself and the rocky islets in front of it to the southeast are breeding and migration areas for some rare bird species, especially the coral gull , Mediterranean shearwater , yellow-billed shearwater and the protected Eleanor's falcon . Therefore Syrna is part of the Natura 2000 area.
- GR 4210011 Vrachonisia Egeou: Velopoula, Falkonera, Ananes, Christiana, Paxia, Fteno, Makra, Astakidonisia. Syrna Gyro Nisia (Βραχονήσια Νοτίου Αιγαίου: Βελοπούλα, Φαλκονέρα, Ανάνες, Χρισήτιανά, Παχειά, δτενό, ΜΑατρανινωκά, ΜΑατραανοηωκ, ΜΑατραανοηωκ, ΜΑατραανοηωκ, ΜΑατρααανωω (Also classified as an Important Bird Area .)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Παπυρος Larousse. Το παπυράκι. Athens 2003, ISBN 960-8322-06-5 , p. 1674.
- ↑ a b Natura 2000 area GR4220011, Greek Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Important Bird Area site list: GR 165, English [1]
