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 was 0 inhabitants.[8] The islands last inhabitants were a family that returned from Australia and earned a living by raising livestock, 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. Census 2011, revised
  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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