Skyros

Skyros is an island in the southern of . The main town is also named Skyros, but is known locally as the Chora, as are the main towns on numerous other Greek islands.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Greek island in the Aegean Sea
  • Also known as: Nisi Skyros” and “Nísos Skíros

Skyros

Latitude
38.8576° or 38° 51′ 27″ north
Longitude
24.5679° or 24° 34′ 4″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
IATA airport code
SKU
Open location code
8GC6VH59+25
Geo­Names ID
253613
Wiki­data ID
Q208566
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Armenian—“Skyros” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Skiroi
  • Albanian: Skyros
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): Σκῦρος
  • Arabic: سكيروس
  • Armenian: Սկիրոս
  • Belarusian: Скірас
  • Bulgarian: Скирос
  • Catalan: Esciros
  • Catalan: Skiros
  • Cebuano: Nísos Skýros
  • Chinese: 斯基罗斯岛
  • Chinese: 斯基羅斯島
  • Czech: Skyros
  • Danish: Skiros
  • Danish: Skíros
  • Dutch: Skyros
  • Dutch: Skýros
  • Esperanto: Skiros
  • Estonian: Skýrose saar
  • Finnish: Skýros
  • French: Scyros
  • French: Skyros
  • French: Skýros
  • Galician: Esciro - Σκῦρος
  • Galician: Esciro-Σκῦρος
  • Galician: Esciro
  • Galician: Esciros
  • Georgian: სკიროსი
  • German: Skyros
  • Greek: Nisí Skýros
  • Greek: Νησί Σκύρος
  • Greek: Νήσος Σκύρος
  • Greek: Σκύρος
  • Hebrew: סקירוס
  • Hungarian: Szkírosz
  • Ido: Insulo Skiros
  • Indonesian: Skyros
  • Irish: Scíros
  • Italian: Sciro
  • Italian: Skyros
  • Japanese: スカイロス
  • Japanese: スカイロス島
  • Japanese: スキューロス島
  • Japanese: スキュロス
  • Japanese: スキュロス島
  • Japanese: スキロス
  • Japanese: スキロス島
  • Kazakh: Скирос
  • Korean: 스키로스섬
  • Kurdish: Skîros
  • Latin: Scyros
  • Latin: Scyrus
  • Lithuanian: Skiras
  • Macedonian: Скирос
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Skiros
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skyros
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Skýros
  • Norwegian: Skiros
  • Polish: Skiros
  • Polish: Skyros
  • Portuguese: Ciros
  • Portuguese: Esquiro
  • Portuguese: Skíros
  • Portuguese: Skyros
  • Romanian: Skyros
  • Russian: Скирοс
  • Russian: Скирос
  • Serbian: Skiros
  • Serbian: Скирос
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skiros
  • Serbo-Croatian: Skyros
  • Slovak: Skýros
  • Slovenian: Skiros
  • Slovenian: Skyros
  • Spanish: Esciros
  • Spanish: Scyros
  • Spanish: Skiros
  • Spanish: Skyros
  • Swedish: Skyros
  • Tamil: ஸ்கைரஸ்
  • Thai: Skyros
  • Thai: เกาะสไกรอส
  • Thai: สไกรอส
  • Turkish: İskiri
  • Turkish: Skiros
  • Turkish: Skyros
  • Ukrainian: Скірос
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Skyros
  • Vietnamese: Skyros
  • Western Armenian: Սքիրոս (կղզի)
  • Western Armenian: Սքիրոս
  • Skíros
  • Skyros
  • Skýros

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Skyros”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.