Peristera (, feminine form of

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), also Aspro, locally Xero (meaning dry), Eudemia in antiquity, is a

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in the

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, in the

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. It is administratively part of the municipality of

Alonnisos Alonnisos ( ), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades. It is (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos. Alonnisos is also the name of a vi ...

and is also directly east of the namesake island. , the resident population of the island was 30. Peristera is in Zone B of the

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. The Peristera shipwreck, a 5th-century BC merchant vessel, is located off Peristera. Peristera from space

Nearest islands and islets

Its nearest islands and islets are

to the north and west and Adelfoi Islets to the west.

References

External links

Official website of Municipality of Alonnisos
Alonnisos Landforms of the Sporades Islands of Thessaly {{Thessaly-geo-stub