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'Elafonisos' (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese (Greek: Πελοπόνησος) and Kythira (Greek: Κύθηρα). It lies off the coast of Cape Malea (Greek: Ακρ. Μαλέας) and is found in the municipality of the Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα). The area of the island is 19 km².
The population which is between 700 and 750 during the winter, however, increases in the summer months. This is because the island is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The tourist season is in the months of July and August reaching 9,000 with 2,600 cars every day. Many people visit the island for its light coloured, sandy beaches on the southern tip of the island. The two main beaches of the island, Simos (Greek: Σίμος) and Panagias Nissia (Greek: Νησιά Παναγίας), are filled with golden waters. Just across the island on similar patterns and only 570ft away from the mainland the Punta (Greek: Πούντα) beach lies.
On the nearby mainland, approximately 6.5 km (3.7 nmi) east is Neapoli (Greek: Νεάπολη) of the municipality of Vatika. About 8.5 km (4.5 nmi) south is Cape Frangos (Greek: Φράγκο) in the island of Kythira.
3 km² of the community's land includes the a piece from the mainland which is consisted mainly by Punta beach. Nowadays it is the only inhabited island of the Peloponnese. There are also some archaeological discoveries on the island and in the surrounding waters.
Agios Spyridon (Greek: Άγιος Σπυρίδων), is the main church of the community and is built on a tiny piece of land which is connected by a hand made bridge over shallow waters to the rest of the island.
Elafonisos's name probably has a historical origin, and means the "island of deers". During medieval times it was called "Isola d' Cervi".
Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 23, section 10 "kata de tên hodon tên ek Boiôn es Epidauron tên Limêran agousan Artemidos hieron estin en têi Epidauriôn Limnatidos." (2.47)
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In the antiquity the current area where Elafonisos lies did not constitute an island but a peninsula with the name "Onou Gnathos" (Greek: Όνου Γνάθος) (Donkey Jawbone) as the then form referred in the aspect according to Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 22, section 10
"kalousi de Onou gnathon tên akran". (2.94), (1.97) and Strabo Geography (2.22), (2.71), (4.22), (4.28)[2]. Pausanias throughout his journey describes the city of Voia in the sunken region of island Petri (Pavlopetri, Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) where even today the ruins of homes.
The island was populated by its current residents in 1850, afterwards his final annexation to Greece after A Greek-British minor conflict but also the final end to the piracy in the Aegean by the Hellenic Navy. The Hellenic Kingdom exploited the omition of Elafonisos and another Island called Sapienza from the treaty of sovereignty of the "Ionian Republic" in which both islands where part of.
Elafonisos has a school and many churches.
★ Elafonissos(English)
★ Elafonissos(Italian)
★ Elafonissos(Greek)
★ Elafonissos high resolution photos
★ Elafonisos
'Elafonisos' (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese (Greek: Πελοπόνησος) and Kythira (Greek: Κύθηρα). It lies off the coast of Cape Malea (Greek: Ακρ. Μαλέας) and is found in the municipality of the Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα). The area of the island is 19 km².
The population which is between 700 and 750 during the winter, however, increases in the summer months. This is because the island is a popular tourist destination during the summer. The tourist season is in the months of July and August reaching 9,000 with 2,600 cars every day. Many people visit the island for its light coloured, sandy beaches on the southern tip of the island. The two main beaches of the island, Simos (Greek: Σίμος) and Panagias Nissia (Greek: Νησιά Παναγίας), are filled with golden waters. Just across the island on similar patterns and only 570ft away from the mainland the Punta (Greek: Πούντα) beach lies.
On the nearby mainland, approximately 6.5 km (3.7 nmi) east is Neapoli (Greek: Νεάπολη) of the municipality of Vatika. About 8.5 km (4.5 nmi) south is Cape Frangos (Greek: Φράγκο) in the island of Kythira.
3 km² of the community's land includes the a piece from the mainland which is consisted mainly by Punta beach. Nowadays it is the only inhabited island of the Peloponnese. There are also some archaeological discoveries on the island and in the surrounding waters.
Agios Spyridon (Greek: Άγιος Σπυρίδων), is the main church of the community and is built on a tiny piece of land which is connected by a hand made bridge over shallow waters to the rest of the island.
Elafonisos's name probably has a historical origin, and means the "island of deers". During medieval times it was called "Isola d' Cervi".
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Historical population
| Year | Population | Change | Municipal population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 611 | - | - |
| 1991 | 653 | 43/7.04% | 725 |
History
Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 23, section 10 "kata de tên hodon tên ek Boiôn es Epidauron tên Limêran agousan Artemidos hieron estin en têi Epidauriôn Limnatidos." (2.47)
★ [1]
In the antiquity the current area where Elafonisos lies did not constitute an island but a peninsula with the name "Onou Gnathos" (Greek: Όνου Γνάθος) (Donkey Jawbone) as the then form referred in the aspect according to Pausanias, Description of Greece book 3, chapter 22, section 10
"kalousi de Onou gnathon tên akran". (2.94), (1.97) and Strabo Geography (2.22), (2.71), (4.22), (4.28)[2]. Pausanias throughout his journey describes the city of Voia in the sunken region of island Petri (Pavlopetri, Greek: Παυλοπέτρι) where even today the ruins of homes.
The island was populated by its current residents in 1850, afterwards his final annexation to Greece after A Greek-British minor conflict but also the final end to the piracy in the Aegean by the Hellenic Navy. The Hellenic Kingdom exploited the omition of Elafonisos and another Island called Sapienza from the treaty of sovereignty of the "Ionian Republic" in which both islands where part of.
Other
Elafonisos has a school and many churches.
External links
★ Elafonissos(English)
★ Elafonissos(Italian)
★ Elafonissos(Greek)
★ Elafonissos high resolution photos
★ Elafonisos
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