Makronisos (Μακρόνησος, in Greek, lit. long island) is an island in the Aegean sea, in Greece and is located close to the coast of Attica, facing the port of Lavrio. It has an elongated shape (3km north to south, ca. 500 m east to west) and its terrain is arid and rocky. In ancient times. the island was called Helena. It is part of the prefecture of the Cyclades but it is not part of that island chain. A small island in the Adriatic sea An island is any piece of land smaller than a continent and larger than a rock, that is completely surrounded by water. ... Greece and the Aegean Sea The Aegean sea in Greece as seen from the island of Santorini The Aegean Sea (Greek: Αιγαίον Πέλαγος, Aigaion Pelagos; Turkish: Ege Denizi) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula and Anatolia (Asia Minor, now part of Turkey). ... Greece, officaly called the Hellenic Republic (Greek: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula. ... This article is about Attica in Greece. ... Laurium or Laurion (Λαύριον, Thoricum before early 1000s BC, Ergastiri throughout the medieval times and the mid to late 1000s, Ergastiri is Greek for Workplace) is a town in southeastern part of Attica, Greece and is one of the southernmost and the seat of the municipality of Laverotiki, famous in... View of the Aegean sea from the island of Santorini The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kikládhes) is an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ...

Currently it is uninhabited, however, during the Greek Civil War, it was used as a concentration camp for Greek communists, hosting hundrends of prisoners. Because of its history, it is considered as a monument of the civil war era; therefore the island itself and the original structures on it are protected from alterations. An ELAS resistance fighter The Greek Civil War was a war fought between 1942 and 1949 in Greece. ... A concentration camp is a large detention center created for political opponents, aliens, specific ethnic or religious groups, civilians of a critical war-zone, or other groups of people, often during a war. ... Communism - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... A monument is a structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons rather than for any overtly functional use. ...

The straits between Makronisos and neigbouring Kea are the site where the HMHS Britannic, sister ship of the RMS Titainc, was sunk in 1916. Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... HMHS Britannic was the third Olympic-class ship of the White Star Line, sister ship of the Titanic and the Olympic. ... The New York Herald reports the disaster. ... 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

Geography

• Location:
  • Longitude: 21.13 (21°7'53') E
  • Latitude: 37.694 (37°41'30') N
• Postal code: 840 02
• Elevation:
  • lowest: sea level
  • highest: 281 m
• Dialing code: +11+30-22880 (030-22880)-34

Makronisos is another small island near Salamis The Greek island of Salamis (Greek, Modern: Σαλάμινα Salamina, Ancient/Katharevousa: ) is the largest island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus. ...