Antiparos

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Antiparos (Greek Αντίπαρος ( f sg ), transkr. Well Antiparos, ancient Greek oliaros Ωλίαρος ) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, which belongs to the Cyclades group of islands. The name derives from the location of the island from ( andi-, opposite ', Paros, Paros '). Along with several uninhabited islets, including Despotiko and Strongyli, it forms a municipality in the South Aegean region.

The 35.090 km ² large island is separated from its big sister island of Paros by nearly 1.5 km wide strait; Antiparos is accessible by a 10 - to 15-minute ferry from the port Pounda or a 30 -minute boat connection (but only in the summer ) from the main town of Parikia the neighboring island of Paros. Highest elevation of about 12.5 km long and up to 5.5 km wide island is 300 m of the Prophet Elias.

Almost all the inhabitants of the island live in the same main town with a few shops and tavernas at the " Kastro " - the castle built in 1440 - and the quiet, gelegenem on the west side of the island sandy beach leading road. Main interest is the investor attainable by bus or on foot stalactite cave, which is reached by a 90 m leading into the depths stairway.

In the north of the strait between Antiparos and Paros are several islands that are left over from the existing to the Byzantine period and since then flooded by the rising sea level land connection. On the 100 × 50 m large island Saliagos the oldest known human settlement in the Cyclades from the Neolithic period (about 4800 BC) have been found. Today, the only inhabited island is the Strongylonisi. It belongs to the well-known shipping family Goulandris of Andros.

* 1913: for Kambos and Agios Georgios together 106 inhabitants be specified.

To the municipality of Antiparos count the uninhabited islands Despotiko, Diplo, Kavouras, Revmatonisi, Strongyli and Tsimindiri.