Dokos

{{Infobox islands

| name = Dokos

| native_name = Δοκός

| native_name_lang = el

| image_name = Dokos map.jpg

| image_caption = Dokos island

| coordinates = {{coord|37|19|59.21|N|23|19|16.82|E|region:GR_type:isle_scale:500000|display=inline,title}}

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| location =

| archipelago = Saronic Islands

| total_islands =

| area_km2 = 13.537

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| country = Greece

| country_admin_divisions_title = Region

| country_admin_divisions = Attica

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Regional unit

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Islands

| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality

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| population = 18

| population_as_of = 2011

| density_km2 = 1.3

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Dokos ({{langx|el|Δοκός}}) is a small Greek island of the Argo-Saronic Gulf, adjacent to Hydra, and separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strait called, on some maps, "the Hydra Gulf." It is part of the municipality of Ýdra (Hydra) in Islands regional unit and reported a population of 18 persons at the 2011 census. The island is populated only by some Orthodox monks and perennial sheep herders. The island is rocky, reaching a height of {{convert|308|m}}.

During ancient times it was called Aperopia (Ἀπεροπία).

Archaeology

It has, since the ancient years, considered to be a strategic location. On the east side lie the ruins of a great Byzantine - Venetian Castle. During the Middle Ages, the island served as a refuge for Albanian settlers' animals.{{cite book|last1=Sutton|first1=Susan Buck|last2=Adams|first2=Keith W.|last3=Project|first3=Argolid Exploration|title=Contingent countryside: settlement, economy, and land use in the southern Argolid since 1700|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ukDbeQbFOUAC&q=Dhokos+animals&pg=PA334|access-date=3 January 2011|year=2000|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-3315-1|page=29}}

Dokos, according to archaeological studies, has been inhabited since the early Bronze Age.{{Cite book |last=Kardulias |first=P. Nick |title=The Ecology of pastoralism |publisher=University of Colorado Press |year=2015 |location=Boulder |pages=259}} In 1975, Peter Throckmorton discovered a wreck near Dokos that has been dated to about 2150 BC, and may be the oldest shipwreck known.[http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Musea/Athens/HIMA.htm Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology (HIMA)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307194704/http://www2.rgzm.de/navis/Musea/Athens/HIMA.htm |date=March 7, 2016 }}

Historical population

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
scope="col" \| Year ! scope="col" \|Population
1991 ! scope="row" \| 8
2001 ! scope="row" \| 43
2011 ! scope="row" \| 18
2021 ! scope="row" \| ???

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"

scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" |Population

1991

! scope="row" | 8

2001

! scope="row" | 43

2011

! scope="row" | 18

2021

! scope="row" | ???

References

External links

[http://www.hydra.gr/ Official website of Municipality of Hydra] (in Greek)
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080121231045/http://www.ienae.gr/e107EN/page.php?6 Hellenic Institute Of Marine Archaeology]

Category:Islands of Greece

Category:Saronic Islands

Category:Landforms of Islands (regional unit)

Category:Islands of Attica