Kyra Panagia Explained

Kira Panagia
Native Name:Κυρά Παναγιά
Native Name Lang:el
Coordinates:39.33°N 24.07°W
Map:Greece
Archipelago:Sporades
Total Islands:2
Highest Mount:Mt. Panagias
Elevation M:302
Country:Greece
Country Admin Divisions Title:Region
Country Admin Divisions:Thessaly
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Regional unit
Country Admin Divisions 1:Sporades
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions 2:Alonnisos
Population:2
Population As Of:2011
Postal Code:370 05
Area Code:24240
Registration Plate:BO

Kyra Panagia (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Κυρά Παναγιά in Greek, Modern (1453-); pronounced as /ci'ra pana'ʝa/) is a Greek island in the Sporades archipelago, in the northern Aegean Sea. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos in the Sporades regional unit. The island is also known by the name of Pelagos and rarely Pelagonisi. . A bay in the southwest of the island is named Agios Petros. Kyra Panagia has belonged to the Athonite monastery of Megisti Lavra, located on Mount Athos, since it was granted the island by the Byzantine emperor Nikephoros II Phokas in 963. There is a monastery renovated in 2017 after 8 years of work and inhabited by a single monk, on the east coast of the island., the resident population of the island was 2.[1] Kyra Panagia is in Zone A[2] of the Alonnisos Marine Park.

Nearest islands and islets

Its nearest islands and islets are Gioura to the northeast and the main island of Alonnisos to the southwest.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Detailed census results 2011 . National Statistical Service of Greece . xls 2,7 MB . el . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131225194213/http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/General/resident_population_census2011.xls . 2013-12-25 .
  2. http://www.thalassafoundation.com