Icaria
Sign in to saveIkaria, also spelled Icaria (; ), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean administrative region.
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Ikaria is a Greek island located in the Aegean Sea, situated about 10 nautical miles southwest of the island of Samos. It functions as its own municipality within the larger North Aegean administrative region of Greece.
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.seat
- Agios Kirykos
- Greek Dimos.name
- Ikaria
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Ικαρία
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Ikarias.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- North Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Ikaria
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 8843
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 255.3
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.elevation_min
- 0
- Greek Dimos.elevation_max
- 1037
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
Article
25 sectionsContents
- Geography and topography
- Etymology
- History
- Prehistory and antiquity
- Temple of Artemis (Nas)
- Medieval Era
- Ottoman Era
- Century of Invisibility (1521–1601)
- Free State of Icaria (1912)
- Second World War, Greek civil war, and exile
- 1960s to the modern day
- Blue zone
- Ikarian diaspora
- Municipality and subdivisions
- Subdivisions
- Museums
- Archeological Museum of Kampos
- Archeological Museum of Agios Kirykos
- Folk and Historical Museum of Agios Kirykos
- Folklore Museum Of Vrakades
- Gallery
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Ikaria, also spelled Icaria (; ), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. Administratively, Ikaria forms a separate municipality within the Ikaria regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean administrative region.
According to tradition, it derives its name from Icarus, the son of Daedalus in Greek mythology, who was believed to have fallen into the sea nearby and to have been buried on the island.