Agios Georgios () or San Tzortzis is a Greek uninhabited island in the entry of

Saronic Gulf The Saronic Gulf ( Greek: Σαρωνικός κόλπος, ''Saronikós kólpos'') or Gulf of Aegina in Greece is formed between the peninsulas of Attica and Argolis and forms part of the Aegean Sea. It defines the eastern side of the isthmus of C ...

. It is the largest uninhabited island of the Saronic Islands with an area of 4.3 km². Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Hydra.

History

In antiquity the island was named Belbina () and is mentioned by

Herodotus Herodotus (; BC) was a Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus (now Bodrum, Turkey), under Persian control in the 5th century BC, and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria, Italy. He wrote the '' Histori ...

in a dialogue between Themistocles and his political opponent Timodemos from Afidnes. There was also a town of the same name on the island. Though some scholars have proposed that Agios Georgios should be identified as the ancient Psyttaleia which was involved in the Battle of Salamis, the consensus remains with the island that has long been known as Lipsokoutali, now renamed Psyttaleia.

Modern times

In 2016 a 73 MW

wind farm A wind farm, also called a wind park or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundred wind turbines covering an exten ...

was built on the island by Terna Energy. It delivers about 250 GWh electricity per year to Athens. Administratively, the island has belonged to the municipality of Hydra since 1834. In recent years, the municipality of Lavreotiki challenged the ownership of the island (and its associated wind farm revenues), however a 2017 legal judgement reaffirmed Hydra's ownership.

References

{{The Saronic Saronic Islands Uninhabited islands of Greece Wind farms in Greece