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Gaios ( el, Γάιος, ) is the main port on
Paxos
Paxos ( gr, Παξός) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, lying just south of Corfu. As a group with the nearby island of Antipaxos and adjoining islets, it is also called by the plural form Paxi or Paxoi ( gr, Παξοί, pronounced in Engl ...
, the smallest of the seven principal
Ionian Islands, in Greece. Gaios is situated on the east coast of the island. It is named after a homonymous pupil of
Paul the Apostle, who brought Christianity to the island.
File:Narrow streets of Gaios.jpg, Street of Gaios
File:Gaios panoramic.jpg, The natural port of Gaios, created by the islet
An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanen ...
St Nicolas (islet) (center) resembles a fjord. Panoramic view of both entrances: Islet and monastery of Panagia to the North (left) and main settlement to the center and South (right).
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Paxoi
Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece
Populated places in Corfu (regional unit)
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