Iraklia
Iraklia — Ηρακλειά in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 18 km², and 90 people live there all year.
Iraklia in numbers
| Greek name | Ηρακλειά |
|---|---|
| Region | Cyclades |
| Residents | 90 |
| Land area | about 18 km² |
| Size | 64th largest of the 89 |
| Population | 75th most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Iraklia
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Schoinousa | Σχοινούσα | 2.2 |
| Naxos | Νάξος | 5.4 |
| Ios | Ίος | 9.8 |
| Ano Koufonisi | Άνω Κουφονήσι | 12 |
| Amorgos | Αμοργός | 24 |
The named rocks off Iraklia
Open coastline data records 3 named islets in the water around Iraklia. All of them:
Megalos Avelas · Mikros Avelas · Venetiko
Iraklia on the checklist
One of the four Small Cyclades. All four together earn the Small Cyclades Sweep badge — they sit close enough for a single trip.
Fewer than a hundred people live here all year, which puts it among the islands the Castaway badge counts.
Visiting all 24 islands in the Cyclades earns the region's own badge.
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