Sporades

Sporades refers to islands in general. The term Northern Sporades refers to a group of four inhabited islands in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thessaly. According to a myth, the islands were formed when two titans, Otus and Ephialtes, threw rather enormous rocks at each other which landed in the Aegean.

The four inhabited islands are:

• Skiathos
• Skopelos
• Skyros
• Alonissos

There are also smaller, uninhabited islands in the group such as Peristera, Lechousa, Kyra-Panagia, Yioura, Psathoura, Piperi, Aderfoi, Tsougriaki, Agios Georgios, Dasia and Skantzari.

Administratively, the Northern Sporades belong to Magnesia prefecture.