The 25th Island of Greece : What Exactly is it?

Miscellaneus News, Delhi Magazine: The stunning 25th Greek island of Amorgos has been popular on the internet lately, but not for its rugged natural beauty and secluded beaches because of its name. It is known on the internet as “The twenty-fifth island of Greece”.

The Chora of Amorgos in the center of the island
La hora d’Amorgos is one of the most picturesque and pretty villages of the Cyclades. A postcard village with narrow winding streets lined with whitewashed houses, blue painted doors and shutters, arcades and small stairs that lead to small taverns or kafenions where you can daydream in front of a cold beer or an iced coffee [ 360° view ]. A village which is slowly seeing the development of tourism and its shops but which has preserved (more than the very beautiful Chora de Ios) its authenticity and in which we like to get lost year after year (this is where we settle).

Beauty of 25th Island of Greece

You will get a new wave of interest in the Greek islands. Amorgos is the easternmost island of the Cyclades and thus makes the connection with the Dodecanese islands in the Greece. It is a volcanic and mountainous island which offers spectacular mountain landscapes plunging into creeks with crystal clear waters, magnificent hiking trails and small villages still preserved with a relaxed atmosphere..

In the list of Greek islands by size, Amorgos is ranked 25th. The meme is a project called “Amorgos” that users think resembles the name of the very popular game “Between Us”.

 

	Island	Greek name	Area (miles2)	Area (km2)	Cluster
1	Crete	Κρήτη	3,219	8,336	Cretan
2	Evia	Εύβοια	1,417	3,670	Euboean
3	Lesbos	Λέσβος	630	1,633	North Aegean Islands
4	Rhodes	Ρόδος	541	1,401	Dodecanese
5	Chíos	Χίος	325	842.3	North Aegean Islands
6	Cephalonia	Κεφαλονιά	302	781	Ionian Islands
7	Corfu	Κέρκυρα	229	592.9	Ionian Islands
8	Lemnos	Λήμνος	184	477.6	North Aegean Islands
9	Samos	Σάμος	184	477.4	North Aegean Islands
10	Naxos	Νάξος	166	429.8	Cyclades
11	Zakynthos	Ζάκυνθος	157	406	Ionian Islands
12	Thassos	Θάσος	147	380.1	North Aegean Islands
13	Andros	Άνδρος	147	380.0	Cyclades
14	Lefkada	Λευκάδα	117	303	Ionian Islands
15	Karpathos	Κάρπαθος	116	300	Dodecanese
16	Kos	Κως	112	290.3	Dodecanese
17	Kythira	Κύθηρα	108	279.6	Ionian Islands
18	Icaria	Ικαρία	99	255	North Aegean Islands
19	Skyros	Σκύρος	81	209	Sporades
20	Paros	Πάρος	75	195	Cyclades
21	Tinos	Τήνος	75	194	Cyclades
22	Samothrace	Σαμοθράκη	69	178	North Aegean Islands
23	Milos	Μήλος	58	151	Cyclades
24	Kea	Κέα	51	132	Cyclades
25	Amorgos	Αμοργός	47	121	Cyclades
26	Kalymnos	Κάλυμνος	42.5	110	Dodecanese
27	Ios	Ίος	41.7	108	Cyclades
28	Kythnos	Κύθνος	38.4	99.4	Cyclades
29	Astypalaia	Αστυπάλαια	37.2	96.4	Dodecanese
30	Ithaca	Ιθάκης	37.1	96.2	Ionian Islands
31	Salamis	Σαλαμίνα	37.1	96.2	Argo-Saronic

Popular Amorgos because it sounds like “Between Us”

Although it was released in 2018, “Between Us” made the world storm last spring, when quarantined and isolated people were looking for new toys and activities to cure boredom, and it remains extremely popular to this day.

The game involves a group of astronauts moving around a missile ship performing emergency tasks. However, there is a swindler among the crew, who is assigned to sabotage the safety of the ship and kill the crew.

Every time a player dies, the whole team, which can be filled with strangers from all over the world, gathers to discuss who he thinks is the scammer and then to vote for them.

The scammer must try to deceive the rest of the team by flying under the radar or blaming another player. This continues until the cook kills all the other crew members or is discovered and removed from the ship.

The wide range of the game has made social media users see references to it in their daily lives, whether it is words that remind them of its name or shapes that evoke the emblematic characters of the crew.

The 25th island in Greece

Amorgos became a tourist attraction in the late 1980s when the island was the backdrop for the movie “The Big Blue”.

The film, which became one of France’s most commercially successful films when it was released in 1988, is about the highly imaginative and fascinating story of friendship and sports competition between two of the leading modern liberators of the 20th century.

More than three decades after “The Big Blue”, Amorgos is positioned in 2020 once again as the seductive backdrop for a new international co-production. German director / screenwriter Nana Neull’s feature film “Töchter” (Girls), based on the best-selling novel by Lucy Frick, was the basis of this film. This was one of the first international co-productions to resume after the first lock in Greece.

Amorgos is famous for its wonderful Greek evenings, donkey rides, small boat adventures. Tour of the island by bus, diving, trails and gastronomy.

Tourism is growing slowly, although the island’s geographical features hinder mass tourism. It is accessible only by boat. The three main tourist accommodations are located in Katapola, Iggali and Chora.

 

The capital of Chora is located in the interior of Amorgos, at an altitude of 350 meters (1,148 feet) near the center of the island. It is a protected village with whitewashed Cycladic houses, alleys and narrow churches. Chora surrounds the castle, which was built in the 13th century.

25th Island Popular on Social Media

The 25th Island Of Greece is the latest meme that went viral on various social media platforms. Asks users to find the name of this island from the Internet. Greece actually has 6,000 islands, of which only 227 are inhabited. Why do people only talk about the 25 ^th Island among 6000 islands?

Now, Buzzfeed presents the list of 25 Greek islands that one should definitely visit at some point in one’s life.

Writing a few words and mainly quoting not the classic, “worn” photos, but using images taken by Instagram users themselves, Buzzfeed really offers a different presentation of the Greek islands.

When you search for the island on the Internet, a strange name appears on the screen. Many users find it hilarious while many others do not understand the logic behind it. Unable to understand the content, social media users asked for the meme from their social circle. A Twitter user posted: “Someone told me to look at the 25th island of Greece, why?”

Some social media users post “25th island of Greece” as a challenge for their fans, while many others deceive their fans by saying “Do not look for the 25th island of Greece the worst mistake of my life”.

The number of islands, islets and islets in the Aegean Sea and around Crete, in which Turkey directly challenges Greek sovereignty, ranges from 16 to 25, according to an article in the Sunday newspaper “Proto Thema”.

At the same time, Turkey is targeting another 152 (!) -From Zourafa, east of Samothrace, to Gavdos in the Libyan Sea. It is no coincidence that there is more and more talk about the secret EGAYDAAK list, which essentially reflects Turkey’s aspirations to paint the Aegean “gray” – and more.

In the same context, the “gray” until recently Imia is now, according to the provocative claims of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoλουlu, Turkish territory.

According to the same article in the Sunday newspaper Proto Thema, the islands are as follows:

North Aegean: Zourafa, Antipsara, Fourni, Thymaina, Oinousses

Cretan Sea: Dionysades, Zeus, Koufonisi, Gaidouronisi, Gavdos

Central Aegean: Monks

Dodecanese: Agathonisi, Arkioi, Farmakonisi, Kalolimnos, Plati, Giali, Kinaros, Glaros, Levitha, Syrna, Pergousa, Kandelioussa, Big and Big Brother, Small and Big Sofrano

Amorgos  recently went viral on social media due to a meme on Twitter.

 

Each month, various spontaneous memes appear on the platform inviting users to search for something. For example, “Why were chainsaws discovered” or “which dinosaur has 5,000 teeth” are some of the questions that have gone viral in the past.

One of them concerned, completely by accident, the “25th island of Greece”. Many rushed to Google the phrase “25th island of Greece” and the answer they received was that the 25th largest of the 6,000 islands in Greece is Amorgos.

Interesting Facts about this 25th Island of Greece