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Karpathos
Karpathos (, ), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Together with the neighboring smaller Saria Island it forms the municipality of Karpathos, which is part of the regional unit Karpathos-Kasos. Because of its remote location, Karpathos has preserved many peculiarities of dress, customs and dialect, the last resembling those of Crete and Cyprus. The island has also been called Carpathus in Latin and Scàrpanto in Italian.

Olympos
village on the Greek island Karpathos
Othos
Othos is one of the ten towns on the island of Karpathos, Greece. At an elevation of 508 metres, Othos is the highest town in Karpathos. It is twelve kilometres outside . It is built on the southern slopes of Mount Meloura, which is in the southern part of Lastos, at an altitude of 514 meters [2]. It is the most mountainous village of the island and one of the most mountainous in the prefecture of Dodecanese, its houses are built with traditional architecture and overlook the east coast of Karpathos and the Aegean. The community of Othos includes Othos Village and the nearby settlements of Ste