Leipsoi
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Leipsoi ( ; also: Lipsi; , Lepsia) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. It is well served with ferries passing between Patmos and Leros and on the main route for ferries from Piraeus. Leipsoi is a small group of islets at the northern part of the Dodecanese near Patmos island and Leros. The larger Leipsi-Arkoi archipelago consists of some 37 islands and islets of which only three are larger than : Leipsoi (), Arkoi (, part of Patmos municipality) and Agreloussa (, part of Patmos municipality). Only Leipsoi, Arkoi, and Marathos are inhabited. Leipsoi is a municipalit
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Leipsoi
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Λειψοί
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Lipson.png
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Harbour_of_the_island_Lipsi.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Leipsoi, viewed from the harbour
- Greek Dimos.periph
- South Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Kalymnos
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 778
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 17.35
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 850 01
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22470
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΚΧ, ΡΟ, ΡΚ
- Greek Dimos.website
- https://www.Lipsi-Island.com/
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Named after
- Calypso
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Dodecanese
- Population
- 687
- Area
- 15.84
- Elevation
- 277
- Body of water
- Aegean Sea
- Location
- Aegean Sea
- Official website
- www.lipsi.gov.gr
- Image
- Λειψοί Πανοραμικά.jpg
- Patron saint
- John the Evangelist
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- native label
- Λειψοί
- Commons category
- Leipsoi
- postal code
- 850 01
- located in/on physical feature
- Dodecanese
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- Geography
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Leipsoi ( ; also: Lipsi; , Lepsia) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. It is well served with ferries passing between Patmos and Leros and on the main route for ferries from Piraeus. Leipsoi is a small group of islets at the northern part of the Dodecanese near Patmos island and Leros. The larger Leipsi-Arkoi archipelago consists of some 37 islands and islets of which only three are larger than : Leipsoi (), Arkoi (, part of Patmos municipality) and Agreloussa (, part of Patmos municipality). Only Leipsoi, Arkoi, and Marathos are inhabited. Leipsoi is a municipality, part of the Kalymnos regional unit, which is part of the South Aegean region. The municipality has an area of . In ancient times, it contained a town named Lepsia.
==Geography== The island contains springs at Fountani, alias Pikri Nero, in the area near Kimissi, along with other minor springs also flowing in this region. The Cave of Ontas dominates the settlement. A paved path carved into the hill connects the upper quarters of Kimissi with the lower ones.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leipsoi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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