Spetses
Spetses — Σπέτσες in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 20 km², and 3,846 people live there all year.
Spetses in numbers
| Greek name | Σπέτσες |
|---|---|
| Region | Saronic Islands |
| Residents | 3,846 |
| Land area | about 20 km² |
| Size | 62nd largest of the 89 |
| Population | 31st most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Spetses
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Hydra | Ύδρα | 18 |
| Poros | Πόρος | 36 |
| Agkistri | Αγκίστρι | 47 |
| Aegina | Αίγινα | 53 |
| Monemvasia | Μονεμβασιά | 61 |
The named rocks off Spetses
Open coastline data records 13 named islets in the water around Spetses. All of them:
Agios Ioannis · Bourtzi · Daskalio · Korakia · Koronida · Koronisi · Kounoupi · Mikro · Platia · Pontikinisi · Psili · Romvi · Spetsopoula
Spetses 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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