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Skopelos
Skopelos (, ) is a Greek island in the western Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands that comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and north of the island of Euboea. It is part of the Thessaly region. Skopelos is also the name of the island's main port and municipal center. The other communities of the island are Glossa and Neo Klima (Elios). The geography of Skopelos includes two mountains over : Delphi () in the center of the island, and Palouki () in the southeast. With an area of Skopelos is slightly larger than Mykonos (
Skiathos
Skiathos (, ; , ; and ) is a small Greek island in the northwest Aegean Sea. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Northern Sporades archipelago, east of the Pelion peninsula in Magnesia on the mainland, and west of the island of Skopelos.
Alonnisos
Alonnisos ( ), 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 is also the name of a village on the island, as well as the municipality that encompasses the island and the village.
Peristera
Peristera (, feminine form of pigeon), also Aspro, locally Xero (meaning dry), Eudemia in antiquity, is a Greek island in the Sporades, in the Aegean Sea. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos and is also directly east of the namesake island. , the resident population of the island was 30. Peristera is in Zone B of the Alonnisos Marine Park. The Peristera shipwreck, a 5th-century BC merchant vessel, is located off Peristera.
Kyra Panagia
island off Alonnisos, Greece
Piperi
island off Alonnisos, Greece
Gioura
Gioura ( ), sometimes romanized as Youra, is a Greek island and abandoned settlement in the eastern part of the Northern Sporades archipelago. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos. The island's name comes from the ancient Greek Gerontia (). The 1991 census counted one inhabitant, making it the smallest municipal district in Greece in terms of population. , it had no resident population. Gioura is in Zone A of the Alonnisos Marine Park.
Skantzoura
Skantzoura () is an island in the Sporades archipelago, along the east coast of Greece. The island is located southeast of the larger island of Alonnisos (to which it belongs administratively) and northwest of the island of Skyros. , it had no resident population. Skantzoura is in Zone B of the Alonnisos Marine Park.
Tsougria
Tsougria, Tsoungria, or Tsougkria (, ) is a Greek island in the western part of the Sporades archipelago. , it had no resident population, as it is a protected natural habitat. It is administratively part of the municipality of Skiathos and is located southeast of the island. The island has several beaches that are popular with yachts and round-island trips.
Psathoura
Psathoura ( ) 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 the Aegean. Its signal is a flash of one second every ten seconds. All of Psathoura is in Zone A2 of the Alonnisos Marine Park.
Adelfoi Islets
island pair in Greece
Repi
Repi (Greek: Ρέπι) is a small Greek island off the east coast of Skiathos, Sporades, Greece. There is an abandoned settlement on therely part of the municipality of Skbludhos. , it had no resident population.
Koukounaries
Koukounaries (, l "stone pines") is a location and a beach in the southwest part of the Skiathos island in Greece. It is 16 km southwest of the main town on the island. Skiathos is part of the Sporades group of islands in the Northern Aegean Sea.