Skorpios
Sign in to savethumb|View of the island in July 2007 Skorpios or Scorpios (, ) is a private island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and just to the east of the island of Lefkada. The 2011 census reported a population of five inhabitants. Administratively it is part of the municipality of Meganisi in Lefkada regional unit.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Skorpios
- Islands.native_name
- Σκορπιός
- Islands.native_name_lang
- el
- Islands.image_name
- Skorpios map.png
- Islands.map
- Greece
- Islands.archipelago
- Ionian Islands
- Islands.elevation_m
- 81
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Ionian Islands
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Regional unit
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Lefkada
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Municipality
- Islands.population
- 5
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2011
- Islands.postal_code
- 311 00
- Islands.area_code
- 26450
- Islands.area_ha
- 83.2
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thumb|View of the island in July 2007 Skorpios or Scorpios (, ) is a private island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece and just to the east of the island of Lefkada. The 2011 census reported a population of five inhabitants. Administratively it is part of the municipality of Meganisi in Lefkada regional unit.
==Geography== The island, spanning 83.2 hectares (roughly 205 acres), is irregularly shaped, with main axes about and . It is heavily forested from south to north and features over 200 varieties of trees imported to the once nearly barren island by Aristotle Onassis. There are some sandy beaches, most notably East Beach, which was created by Onassis, who brought sand from Salamis Island for this purpose. It is home to three residences, a helicopter landing pad and a boat quay. Onassis also built harbor facilities in the bay on the north side for his Christina O yacht.