Alonnisos in the context of "Greek island"

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⭐ Core Definition: Alonnisos

Alonnisos (Greek: Αλόννησος [aˈlonisos]), 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 3 km (2 mi) (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.

The village of Alonnisos is located on the southern part of the island. It is locally known as Chora and signposted as The Old Village. The main port of the island is located in the southeast and is called Patitiri. There are ferry, catamaran ("flying cat") and hydrofoil ("flying dolphin") services from Patitiri to Volos, Agios Konstantinos, and Thessaloniki on the mainland and to the islands of Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros. The bay at the southern end of the island is also called Alonnisos.

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Alonnisos in the context of Sporades

The (Northern) Sporades are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea, in the Aegean Sea. They consist of 24 islands, four of which are permanently inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos and Skyros. They may also be referred to as the Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες).

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Alonnisos in the context of Skopelos

Skopelos (Greek: Σκόπελος, romanizedSkópelos, 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 500 m (1,640 ft): Delphi (681 m/2,234 ft) in the center of the island, and Palouki (546 m (1,791 ft)) in the southeast. With an area of 96 km (37 sq mi) Skopelos is slightly larger than Mykonos (85 km/33 sq mi) and Santorini (73 km/28 sq mi). The nearest inhabited islands are Skiathos to the west and Alonnisos to the east.

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Alonnisos in the context of Patitiri

Patitiri (Greek: Πατητήρι) is the capital town of the island of Alonnisos in the Sporades archipelago, Greece. It is located in the southern part of the island. Patitiri was destroyed in the 1965 earthquake.

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Alonnisos in the context of Agios Konstantinos, Phthiotis

Agios Konstantinos (Greek: Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος) is a town and former municipality in Phthiotida (Phthiotis), Greece. After the 2011 administrative division reforms it became part of the municipality of Kamena Vourla and it is now ranked as a municipal unit, with an area of 72.292 km. Its population was 2,952 in 2021.

The town has a harbor with a regular ferry-boat connection to the islands of Skiathos, Skopelos and Alonnisos. These islands are part of the Northern Sporades archipelago.

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