Dokos ( el, Δοκός) is a small
Greek
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island
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of the
Argo-Saronic Gulf
Argo-Saronic Gulf ( el, Αργοσαρωνικός Κόλπος) is a term sometimes used to combine the adjacent Saronic Gulf and Argolic Gulf of Greece. It contains the Argo-Saronic Islands.
Gulfs of Greece
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Saronic Gulf ...
, adjacent to
Hydra, and separated from the
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmu ...
by a narrow strait called, on some maps, "the Hydra Gulf." It is part of the municipality of
Ýdra (Hydra) in
Islands regional unit and reported a population of 18 persons at the 2011 census. The island is populated only by some
Orthodox
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monk
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s and perennial
sheep
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herders. The island is rocky, reaching a height of 308 metres.
During the ancient times it was called Aperopia (Ἀπεροπία).
Archaeology
It has, since the ancient years, considered to be a strategic location. On the east side lie the ruins of a great
Byzantine
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-
Venetian Castle. During the Middle Ages, the island served as a refuge for
Albanian
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settlers' animals.
Dokos, according to archaeological studies, has been inhabited since
Chalcolithic
The Copper Age, also called the Chalcolithic (; from grc-gre, χαλκός ''khalkós'', "copper" and ''líthos'', "stone") or (A)eneolithic (from Latin '' aeneus'' "of copper"), is an archaeological period characterized by regular ...
, 6000 BC. In 1975,
Peter Throckmorton
Edgerton Alvord Throckmorton (July 30, 1928 – June 5, 1990), known as Peter Throckmorton, was an American photojournalist and a pioneer underwater archaeologist. Throckmorton was a founding member of the Sea Research Society and served on its Bo ...
discovered
a wreck near Dokos that has been dated to about 2150 BC, and may be the oldest shipwreck known.
Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology (HIMA)
Historical population
References
External links
Official website of Municipality of Hydra
(in Greek)
Hellenic Institute Of Marine Archaeology
Islands of Greece
Saronic Islands
Landforms of Islands (regional unit)
Islands of Attica
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