Dokos

Dokos
Native name: Δοκός
	Dokos island
Geography
Coordinates	37°19′59.21″N 23°19′16.82″E / 37.3331139°N 23.3213389°E
Archipelago	Saronic Islands
Area	13.537 km2 (5.227 sq mi)
Highest point	Madison
Administration
	Greece
Region	Attica
Regional unit	Islands
Demographics
Population	18 (2011)
Pop. density	1.3/km2 (3.4/sq mi)

Dokos (Greek: 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 308 metres (1,010 ft). 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.^[1]

Dokos, according to archaeological studies, has been inhabited since the early Bronze Age.^[2] In 1975, Peter Throckmorton discovered a wreck near Dokos that has been dated to about 2150 BC, and may be the oldest shipwreck known.^[3]

Historical population

Year	Population
1991	8
2001	43
2011	18

References

^ Sutton, Susan Buck; Adams, Keith W.; Project, Argolid Exploration (2000). Contingent countryside: settlement, economy, and land use in the southern Argolid since 1700. Stanford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8047-3315-1. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
^ Kardulias, P. Nick (2015). The Ecology of pastoralism. Boulder: University of Colorado Press. p. 259.
^ Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology (HIMA) Archived March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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[SuttonAdams2000-1] Sutton, Susan Buck; Adams, Keith W.; Project, Argolid Exploration (2000). Contingent countryside: settlement, economy, and land use in the southern Argolid since 1700. Stanford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-8047-3315-1. Retrieved 3 January 2011.

[2] Kardulias, P. Nick (2015). The Ecology of pastoralism. Boulder: University of Colorado Press. p. 259.

[3] Hellenic Institute of Marine Archaeology (HIMA) Archived March 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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v t e Argo-Saronic Islands
Major islands	Salamina Aegina Hydra Poros Spetses Agistri Dokos
Minor islands	Psyttaleia Atalanti Leros Salaminos Revythousa Moni Aiginas Spetsopoula Romvi Plateia Agios Georgios Patroklos Fleves Agios Georgios Salaminos Ypsili Diaporion Ypsili Argolidos Agios Thomas Diaporion Agios Ioannis Diaporion Plateia Aiginis Laousses Islets Kyra Aiginis Trikeri Hydras Alexandros Hydras Stavronisi Hydras Velopoula Falkonera Psili
Greek islands: Aegean Islands, Saronic Islands, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese, Euboea, North Aegean Islands, Sporades, Ionian Islands, Echinades