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According to the Department of Oceanography of the University of Athens, Greece has a total of 7384 beaches with a total area more than 52 km2. About 3950 beaches belong to the Greek to the islands.
12.02.2019
Самый длинный пляжGreece – Louros
About 67% of these beaches are less than 25 meters wide, and 24% have 25-50 meters wide.
The largest number of tourist developed beaches are located on Crete (34%), Peloponnese (24%), the Ionian Islands (22%) and Aegean Islands (20%).
The total length of the Greek coastline along with the islands reaches 15,147 km, which puts Greece on the 9th place in world ranking of the longest coastal countries. Before Greece Canada (202,080 km), Norway (83,281 km), Indonesia are located (54 716 km), Russia (37 653 km), Philippines (36 289 km), Japan (29 751 km), Australia (25,760 km) and the USA (19,924 km). ).
Since the area of all Greece is 131,950 km2 and the most remote point of land is not more than 140 km of the sea, then you can get by car a maximum of two hours from the farthest points on the mainland.
When we talk about how many Greek islands there are, the most frequently cited figure is 3000, although some sources point to 6000 islands.
However, to dispel controversy, the exact number of islands is 9835. This data is approved in The Hydrological Service of the Navy of Greece, where they recorded each a piece of sushi that juts out over the sea: it’s big and small, uninhabited and rocky islands.
And only 227 islands are inhabited in Greece.
The longest beach in Greece
The longest beach in Greece is Louros beach, length which is 17 km. It is located 15 km south-west of Neochori in central Greece.
Since 1974, this sandy beach has been protected by Ramsar Convention (on wetlands having international value mainly as habitats of waterfowl birds).
Here grow various types of cedar trees, lilies and other rare plants. This is one of the few places in Greece where sand dunes are found.
There are many birds and animals in the area around the beach: pelicans, wild geese, finches, storks, wild horses and others.
