Amorgos
Amorgos is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece. Along with 16 neighbouring islets, the largest of which is Nikouria Island, it comprises the municipality of Amorgos, which has a land area of 126.346 square kilometres and at the 2021 census had a population of 1,961.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oliwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Oliwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 397 residents
- Description: Greek island in the Cyclades
- Also known as: “Chora”, “Kastro”, “Kastron”, and “Khóra”
- Postal code: 84008
Places of Interest
Highlights include Archeological Collection of Amorgos and Chozoviotissa Monastry.
Archeological Collection of Amorgos
Museum
Photo: Zde, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Archeological Collection of Amorgos is a museum.
Chozoviotissa Monastry
Church
Photo: Apenauta, Public domain.
The Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery is a Greek Orthodox monastery on the island of Amorgos. It is built on the steep south coast of the island, at an altitude of 300 meters.
Minoa
Archaeological site
Minoa was an ancient town on the island of Amorgos. It was the birthplace of Simonides of Amorgos. The site of Minoa is located near modern Katapola, on Moundoulia Hill. Minoa is situated 3½ km west of Amorgos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Katapola.
Katapola
Village
Photo: Oliwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Katapola is a small port village on the Greek island of Amorgos, the easternmost island of the Cyclades. It is located at the foot of a hill which was once the site of the ancient town of Minoa.
Amorgos
- Categories: island and locality
- Location: Cyclades, South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.8317° or 36° 49′ 54″ northLongitude
25.8982° or 25° 53′ 53″ eastPopulation
397Elevation
316 metres (1,037 feet)United Nations Location Code
GR AMOOpen location code
8G87RVJX+M7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1842870872OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Amorgos” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Amorgos”
- Arabic: “أمورغوس”
- Belarusian: “Амаргос”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Аморгас”
- Bulgarian: “Аморгос”
- Catalan: “Amorgos”
- Catalan: “Amorgós”
- Cebuano: “Nísos Amorgós”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەمورغووس”
- Chinese: “阿莫尔戈斯岛”
- Chinese: “阿莫戈斯島”
- Chinese: “阿莫爾戈斯島”
- Croatian: “Amorgos”
- Czech: “Amorgos”
- Danish: “Amorgos”
- Dutch: “Amorgos”
- Estonian: “Amorgos”
- Estonian: “Amorgós”
- Finnish: “Amorgos”
- Finnish: “Amorgós”
- Finnish: “Ámorgos”
- French: “Amorgos”
- French: “Amorgós”
- Galician: “Amorgos”
- German: “Amorgos”
- German: “Amorgós”
- Greek: “Αμoργός”
- Greek: “Αμοργός”
- Greek: “Χώρα Αμοργού”
- Hebrew: “אמורגוס”
- Hungarian: “Amorgósz”
- Italian: “Amorgo”
- Italian: “Amorgos”
- Japanese: “アイージャリ”
- Japanese: “アモルゴス”
- Japanese: “アモルゴス島”
- Korean: “아모르고스섬”
- Latin: “Amorgos”
- Latvian: “Amorga”
- Marathi: “अमोर्गोस”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amorgos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amorgós”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amorgos”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amorgós”
- Norwegian: “Amorgos”
- Persian: “آمورگوس”
- Polish: “Amorgos”
- Portuguese: “Amorgos”
- Romanian: “Amorgos”
- Russian: “Аморгос”
- Serbian: “Amorgos”
- Serbian: “Аморгос”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amorgos”
- Spanish: “Amorgos”
- Spanish: “Amorgós”
- Swedish: “Amorgos”
- Thai: “อามอร์กอส”
- Turkish: “Yamorgo”
- Turkish: “Yamurgi”
- Ukrainian: “Аморгос”
- Vietnamese: “Amorgos”
- Western Armenian: “Ամորղոս”
- Yue Chinese: “阿莫戈斯島”
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