Kinaros
Native name: Κίναρος | |
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 Kinaros on the map | |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 36°58′49″N 26°17′23″E / 36.98028°N 26.28972°E |
| Archipelago | Dodecanese |
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| Demographics | |
| Population | 1 (2020)[1] |
Kinaros (Greek: Κίναρος; Latin: Cinarus or Cinara; Italian: Zinari), is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, named after the artichoke (kinara) which it produced.[2][3] It is located west of Kalymnos and Leros and east of Amorgos, 5.5 nautical miles west-southwest of Levitha.[4] It is the second westernmost island of the Dodecanese after Astypalea, and has an area of 4.5 km². The island's highest point is 296m. It was noted by several ancient authors including Pliny the Elder,[5] Pomponius Mela,[6] and Athenaeus.[7]
Population
The population of the island according to the 2011 census was 0 inhabitants.[8] The islands last inhabitants were a family that returned from Australia and earned a living by raising livestock, whom only one member remains as of 2020.[9][10][1]
Events
On 11 February 2016, a Greek Navy Agusta-Bell AB212 PN28 helicopter crashed on the island of Kinaros during a night training mission, killing all three officers aboard.[11]
References
- ^ a b "The sort and simple story of lovely Eirini who lives alone in Kinaros (original: Η σύντομη και απλή ιστορία της υπέροχης Ειρήνης που ζει μόνη στην Κίναρο". LIFO. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per... English
- ^ Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per... English
- ^ "KINAROS (Island) LEROS - GTP". www.gtp.gr. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- ^ Pliny. Naturalis Historia. Vol. 4.12.22.
- ^ Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. Vol. 2.7.
- ^ Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2.70.
- ^ Census 2011, revised
- ^ "Έκοψαν το επίδομα στην κυρά της Κινάρου και της ζητούν και νοίκι! |". Neos Kosmos. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
- ^ "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο ακρίτας της Κινάρου". Rodiaki. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Hellenic Navy helicopter crashes on Kinaros during military exercise". tovima.gr. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
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