Kinaros

Kinaros (Greek: Κίναρος; Latin: Cinarus or Cinara; Italian: Zinari), is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea, named after the artichoke (kinara) which it produced.[2][3] It is located west of Kalymnos and Leros and east of Amorgos, 5.5 nautical miles west-southwest of Levitha.[4] It is the second westernmost island of the Dodecanese after Astypalea, and has an area of 4.5 km². The island's highest point is 296m. It was noted by several ancient authors including Pliny the Elder,[5] Pomponius Mela,[6] and Athenaeus.[7]

Kinaros
Native name:
Κίναρος
Kinaros on the map
Geography
Coordinates36°58′49″N 26°17′23″E
ArchipelagoDodecanese
Administration
Demographics
Population1 (2020)[1]

Population

The population of the island according to the 2011 census had 2 inhabitants.[8] The islands last inhabitants were a family that returned from Australia and earned a living by raising livestock, out of whom only one member remains as of 2020.[9][10][1]

Events

On 11 February 2016, a Greek Navy Agusta-Bell AB212 PN28 helicopter crashed on the island of Kinaros during a night training mission, killing all three officers aboard.[11]

References
  1. "The sort and simple story of lovely Eirini who lives alone in Kinaros (original: Η σύντομη και απλή ιστορία της υπέροχης Ειρήνης που ζει μόνη στην Κίναρο". LIFO. 2 January 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per... English
  3. Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Per... English
  4. "KINAROS (Island) LEROS - GTP". www.gtp.gr. Archived from the original on 2016-02-16. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
  5. Pliny. Naturalis Historia. 4.12.22.
  6. Pomponius Mela. De situ orbis. 2.7.
  7. Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 2.70.
  8. «ΦΕΚ αποτελεσμάτων ΜΟΝΙΜΟΥ πληθυσμού», σελ. 10840 (pdf σελ. 366) α/α 17816, και σε μορφή Excel «Πίνακας αποτελεσμάτων ΜΟΝΙΜΟΥ Πληθυσμού-Απογραφής 2011» στην ιστοσελίδα της ΕΛΣΤΑΤ. Αρχειοθετήθηκε 24/11/2017. Ανακτήθηκε 9/1/2018
  9. "Έκοψαν το επίδομα στην κυρά της Κινάρου και της ζητούν και νοίκι! |". Neos Kosmos. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  10. "Έφυγε από τη ζωή ο ακρίτας της Κινάρου". Rodiaki. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  11. "Hellenic Navy helicopter crashes on Kinaros during military exercise". tovima.gr. Retrieved 13 February 2016.


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