Gioura ( el, Γιούρα), sometimes romanized as Youra, is a
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group.
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island
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and abandoned settlement in the eastern part of the
Northern Sporades
The (Northern) Sporades (; el, Βόρειες Σποράδες, ) are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,"Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpageEB-Skyrosnotes " ...
. It is administratively part of the municipality of
Alonnisos
Alonnisos ( el, Αλόννησος ), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades. It is (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos. Alonnisos ...
. The island name comes from the ancient Greek Gerontia (). The 1991 census counted one inhabitant making it the smallest municipal district in Greece in population. , it had no resident population.
Gioura is in Zone A of the
Alonnisos Marine Park
The National Marine Park of Alonnisos Northern Sporades ( el, Εθνικό Θαλάσσιο Πάρκο Αλοννήσου Βορείων Σποράδων, ΕΘΠΑΒΣ) was founded by Presidential Decree on May 16, 1992. It was the first of its ki ...
.
The
Cyclops Cave is the largest cave in the Sporades, and an archaeological site dating from the Mesolithic through the Late Neolithic periods.
Nearest islands and islets
Its nearest islands and islets are
Pelagos/ Kyra Panagia to the west,
Psathoura
Psathoura ( el, Ψαθούρα) is a Greek island in the Northern Sporades. It is administratively a part of Alonnisos. , it had no resident population. The Psathoura lighthouse, built in 1895, stands at 28.9 metres. It is one of the tallest in th ...
to the north and
Piperi to the east.
References
External links
Gioura on GTP Travel Pages
Landforms of the Sporades
Uninhabited islands of Greece
Islands of Thessaly
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