Northern Sporades
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The Northern Sporades are a group of Greek islands located in the Aegean Sea, northeast of the island of Euboea. This island group includes well-known islands such as Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Alonissos, along with smaller neighboring islets. Historically, these were referred to as the Thessalian, or Northern, Sporades. The term "Sporades" can also refer to other island groups in the Aegean, including the Southern Sporades (which include islands like Samos and Ikaria, and the Dodecanese) and the Western Sporades.123
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Aegean SeaIkaría, and Sámos; (3) the Northern Sporades, including Skyros, a group lying off Thessaly; (4) the Cyclades, including Melos, Páros, Náxos, Thera, and Ándros (Euboea, although technically an island, is considered a part of the Greek mainland and is connected to Boeotia by a bridge at Chalcís); (5) the Saronic…
Read MoreIkaría, and Sámos; (3) the Northern Sporades, including Skyros, a group lying off Thessaly; (4) the Cyclades, including Melos, Páros, Náxos, Thera, and Ándros (Euboea, although technically an island, is considered a part of the Greek mainland and is connected to Boeotia by a bridge at Chalcís); (5) the Saronic…
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GreeceThe islands of Greece…near northern Évvoia, lie the Northern Sporades (“Scattered Islands”); their crystalline rocks are similar to those of the Greek mainland. Farther south, in the heart of the Aegean, lie the Kykládes (Cyclades; “Islands in a Circle”). These roughly centre on Dílos (Delos) and represent the tips of drowned mountain ridges…
Read More…near northern Évvoia, lie the Northern Sporades (“Scattered Islands”); their crystalline rocks are similar to those of the Greek mainland. Farther south, in the heart of the Aegean, lie the Kykládes (Cyclades; “Islands in a Circle”). These roughly centre on Dílos (Delos) and represent the tips of drowned mountain ridges…
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