Drakonera (Greek: Δρακονέρα) is an island of the

Echinades The Echinades (; Greek: per Herodotus, Thucydides, and Strabo, per Homer Echinae (, it, Curzolari) are a group of islands in the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Acarnania, Greece. The archipelago is commonly subdivided into three groups: the Drakon ...

, among the Ionian Islands group of

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders ...

. Drakonera forms part of the northern group of the Echinades, which are called the Drakoneras after the island. The mainland with the

Aetolia-Acarnania Aetolia-Acarnania ( el, Αιτωλοακαρνανία, ''Aitoloakarnanía'', ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the geographic region of Central Greece and the administrative region of West Greece. A combination of the histor ...

regional unit is to the north and east. Several islets surround the area. It is administered by the municipality of

Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: *Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka ...

. , it had no resident population.

References

External links

Drakonera on GTP Travel Pages
(in English and Greek) Echinades Islands of the Ionian Islands (region) Landforms of Ithaca Islands of Greece {{Ionian-geo-stub