This article is about the island in the Cyclades, also called Gioura. For the island in the Sporades, see Gioura.
Gyaros (Greek: Γυάροςpronounced[ˈʝaros]), also locally known as Gioura (Greek: Γιούρα), is an arid, unpopulated, and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades near the islands of Andros and Tinos, with an area of 23 square kilometres (9 sq mi). It is a part of the municipality of Ano Syros, which lies primarily on the island of Syros. This and other small islands of the Aegean Sea served as places of exile for important persons in the early Roman empire. The extremity of its desolation was proverbial among Roman authors, such as Tacitus and Juvenal. It was a place of exile for left-wing political dissidents in Greece from 1948 until 1974. During that time, at least 22,000 people were exiled or imprisoned on the island.[1] It is an island of great ecological importance as it hosts the largest population of monk seals in the Mediterranean.[2]
^Red Rocks of the Aegean: Greece's Prison Islands Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine, New Histories March 15, 2012
^Karamanlidis, A.A.; et al. (April 2016). "The Mediterranean monk seal Monachus monachus: status, biology, threats, and conservation priorities". Mammal Review. 46 (2): 92–105. doi:10.1111/mam.12053.
Marvellous Things Heard (25) recounts the tale that on Gyaros the mice eat iron. In the Aeneid of Virgil, Gyaros and Mykonos are said to be the two islands to...
banished to the island of Gyaros (65 AD) on a trumped-up charge of participation in the Pisonian conspiracy. While Gyaros was "harsh and devoid of human...
also many minor islands (the Lesser Cyclades) including Donousa, Eschati, Gyaros, Irakleia, Koufonisia, Makronisos, Rineia, and Schoinousa. The name "Cyclades"...
areas in the east Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea (such as Cabo Blanco and Gyaros island), and formerly in the tropical areas of the west Atlantic Ocean....
century–1890, famous as a setting for The Count of Monte Cristo Agios Efstratios, Gyaros, prison and torture camp after the Greek Civil War Makronisos, political...
prison for many years or were sent into internal exile on the islands of Gyaros and Makronisos.[citation needed] Many others sought refuge in communist...
is a municipal unit. The municipal unit includes the uninhabited islands Gyaros (lying to the northwest of Syros) and Varvaroúsa. Population 3,611 (2021...
[citation needed] Cabo Blanco in the Atlantic Ocean along with the island of Gyaros in the eastern Mediterranean are the only places in the world where Mediterranean...
Macro Pirates (マクロ一味, Makuro Ichimi), formed by Macro (マクロ, Makuro), Gyaro (ギャロ, Gyaro) and Tansui (タンスイ), former members of the Sun Pirates. Disco is voiced...
badger, the Eurasian otter and about twenty species of bat. The island of Gyaros is the breeding area for the largest population of the endangered Mediterranean...
way to Corinth (where Augustus was at the time), he visited the island of Gyaros in the Aegean Sea. Around 25 BC, he sailed up the Nile until he reached...
Syros Poseidonia The municipality also includes the uninhabited island Gyaros and several other islets. The total area of the municipality is 101.90 km2...
and then move to Olympiacos, but Pantelakis refused saying "I may go to Gyaros island (place of exile for leftist political dissidents), but Koudas would...
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