Kalamos (island)

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Kalamos (Greek Κάλαμος ( m. sg ). Karno in antiquity, Latin Carnus ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, which belongs to the archipelago of Tilevoides within the Ionian Islands. By 2010, she was an independent country church (Greek kinotita κοινότητα ) in the prefecture of Lefkada, with the administrative reform in 2010 it was incorporated into the municipality of Lefkada, in which it has since formed a district.

The island has about 530 permanent residents, in the summer, the population can easily triple by the vacation of its lost inhabitants, however. Almost the entire population lives in the same port of Kalamos on the south coast; the small village of Episkopi, on the north coast has only about 60 inhabitants.

The island is Kalamos about eleven miles long, up to four kilometers wide and has an area of ​​over 25 square kilometers. It is located east of the islands of Lefkas and Meganissi and is separated by a two -mile-wide straits from the mainland. The highest elevation of the mountainous island is the 747 meter high Vouno inside the island. In particular, the deeper slopes of the green island are densely forested.

Tourism is on Kalamos not yet as well developed as the more well known Ionian Islands. Package tourism is still unknown, but there are more and more private accommodations available.

It will be offered at the numerous living to Kalamos in the waters dolphins watching trips.

In the summer months there is a regular ferry service to the harbor Mitikas on the mainland.