Drakonera (Greek: Δρακονέρα) is an island of the
Echinades
The Echinades (; Greek: per Herodotus, Thucydides, and Strabo, per Homer Echinae (, it, Curzolari) are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Acarnania, Greece. The archipelago is commonly subdivided into three groups: the Drakon ...
, among the
Ionian Islands group of
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...
. Drakonera forms part of the northern group of the Echinades, which are called the
Drakoneras after the island. The mainland with the
Aetolia-Acarnania
Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...
regional unit is to the north and east. Several islets surround the area. It is administered by the municipality of
Ithaca
Ithaca most commonly refers to:
*Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey''
*Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca
*Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College
Ithaca, Ithaka ...
. , it had no resident population.
References
External links
Drakonera on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Echinades
Islands of the Ionian Islands (region)
Landforms of Ithaca
Islands of Greece
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