Hydra
Hydra — Ύδρα in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 49 km², and 2,070 people live there all year.
Hydra in numbers
| Greek name | Ύδρα |
|---|---|
| Region | Saronic Islands |
| Residents | 2,070 |
| Land area | about 49 km² |
| Size | 44th largest of the 89 |
| Population | 44th most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Hydra
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Poros | Πόρος | 15 |
| Spetses | Σπέτσες | 18 |
| Aegina | Αίγινα | 34 |
| Agkistri | Αγκίστρι | 37 |
| Salamina | Σαλαμίνα | 56 |
The named rocks off Hydra
Open coastline data records 5 named islets in the water around Hydra. All of them:
Kivotos · Petasi · Platonisi · Stavronisi · Velopoula
Hydra on the checklist
One of the three islands that carried the naval war of 1821, and part of the Islands of 1821 badge.
Visiting all 6 islands in the Saronic Gulf earns the region's own badge.
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