Sporades

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Sporades Βόρειες Σποράδες
Geography
Island Chain:	Sporades
Total Isles:	24
Government
Greece
Periphery:	Thessaly
Prefecture:	Magnesia
Statistics

The (Northern) Sporades (Greek: Βόρειες Σποράδες) are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,^[1] in the Aegean Sea. It consists of 24 islands, of which 4 are inhabited: Alonnisos, Skiathos, Skopelos, and Skyros.^[1]

Administratively, the islands are split between the Greek peripheries of Thessaly (most islands) and Central Greece (Skyros).

[edit] See also

• Cyclades - Greek island group south of the Sporades.
• Dodecanese - Greek island group formerly known as the Southern Sporades.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

• "Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpage: EB-Skyros.

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