Skyros is a Greek island and municipality, the southernmost inhabited island of the Sporades archipelago in the Aegean Sea. At 209 square kilometers it is the largest island of the Sporades and had a population of about 3,000 in 2021. Known in antiquity by several earlier names, including Pelasgia and Dolopia, before settling on its current name around the second millennium BC.
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Area (sq km) Elevation (m) Sources
1. GeoNames: Skýros
GeoNames geonameid 253614 (Skýros), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Skyros (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 38.8725, longitude 24.525
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 792 m
P2046 (area)
area 209.0 sq km
View the SourceWikidata: Skyros
Wikidata Q208566, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Skyros (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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