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- Gaidouronisi: The Islet That Guards Naoussa Bay
Gaidouronisi is a tiny, uninhabited islet at the northern tip of Paros, often confused with the far larger Cretan island of the same name. This profile covers its geography, its strange status as a permanently empty registered settlement, and its reputation as a navigational hazard at the mouth of Naoussa Bay.
Gaidouronisi is an uninhabited islet at the northern tip of Paros, facing the eastern entrance to Naoussa Bay. It measures about 650m long by 350m wide (0.148 sq km, 37m elevation) and has been registered as part of the Naoussa community since 2001, with zero permanent residents at every census since. The surrounding waters hold dangerous reefs and rocky islets that Greek sailors call "the scissors of Paros," so passing boats give it a wide berth. The name -- "donkey island" -- is a common Greek toponym shared by several small, unrelated islets around the country, most famously the much larger Chrysi/Gaidouronisi south of Crete; this is the Cycladic one, off Paros.
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