Hydra
Hydra is one of the Saronic Gulf Islands in central Greece. The port of Hydra has a scenic location in a deep harbour, with whitewashed houses rising on the hills on both sides from an azure blue sea.
- Type: Town with 2,530 residents
- Description: one of the Saronic Islands of Greece
- Also known as: “Hidrea”, “Hydra i Dei saroniske øyane”, “Hydriote”, “Ídhra”, “Ilha de Hidra”, “Illa d’Hidra”, “Isla de Hidra”, “Ýdra”, “Ýdra i Dei saroniske øyane”, “Υδρα”, “Гідра”, “Идриоты”, and “حيدرة”
- Postal code: 18040
Places of Interest
Highlights: Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vlychos.
Hydra
- Categories: island, car-free place, and locality
- Location: Hydra, Piraeus Prefecture, Attica, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3496° or 37° 20′ 59″ north
Longitude
23.4661° or 23° 27′ 58″ east
Population
2,530
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR HYD
Open location code
8G958FX8+RC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Hydra” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Nidhra”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ὑδρέα”
- Arabic: “هيدرا”
- Armenian: “Իդրա”
- Basque: “Hidra (Grezia)”
- Basque: “Hidra”
- Breton: “Hydra”
- Bulgarian: “Хидра”
- Catalan: “Hidra”
- Cebuano: “Hydra Island”
- Chinese: “伊兹拉岛”
- Chinese: “伊茲拉島”
- Croatian: “Hidra”
- Czech: “Hydra”
- Danish: “Hydra”
- Dutch: “Hydra”
- Dutch: “Idhra”
- Egyptian Arabic: “هيدرا”
- Esperanto: “Hidra”
- Estonian: “Ýdra saar”
- Faroese: “Hydra”
- Finnish: “Hydra”
- French: “Hydra”
- Galician: “Hidra”
- German: “Hydra”
- Greek: “Ύδρα”
- Hebrew: “הידרה”
- Hindi: “हुद्रा”
- Hungarian: “Ídra”
- Italian: “Idra”
- Japanese: “イドラ島”
- Kabyle: “Ḥidra”
- Korean: “이드라섬”
- Latin: “Hydra”
- Latin: “Hydrea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hydra”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ýdra”
- Norwegian: “Hydra”
- Persian: “هیدرا (جزیره)”
- Persian: “هیدرا”
- Polish: “Hydra”
- Portuguese: “Hidra”
- Romanian: “Hydra (insulă)”
- Romanian: “Hydra”
- Russian: “Идра”
- Serbian: “Hidra”
- Serbian: “Хидра”
- Slovak: “Ydra”
- Slovenian: “Hidra”
- Spanish: “Hidra”
- Swedish: “Hydra”
- Turkish: “İdra”
- Turkish: “Suluca”
- Ukrainian: “Ідра”
- Urdu: “ہائدرا (جزیرہ)”
- Urdu: “ہائدرا”
- Vietnamese: “Ydra”
- Vlaams: “Hydra”
- Waray (Philippines): “Hydra, Gresya”
- Western Armenian: “Իտրա”
- Western Frisian: “Hydra (eilân)”
- Western Frisian: “Hydra”
- Western Panjabi: “ہائدرا (جزیرہ)”
- Western Panjabi: “ہائدرا”
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