Echinades
SHI Ruixiang1LIU Chuang1
1 Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research，Chinese Academy of Sciences，Beijing 100101，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2022.10.05.V1
Published:Oct. 2022
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Key Words：
Echinades,Mediterranean Sea,Ionian Sea,Greece,data encyclopedia
Abstract：
The Echinades is located in the Ionian Sea of the Mediterranean, and administrated by the Kefallinia state, western of Greece. Its geo-location is between 38°16′56″N and 38°30′18″N，20°58′07″E and 21°07′34″E. The Echinades consist of 37 islands (area of the smallest is 229 m²). They are Petalas Island, Oxia Island, Drakonera Island, Provati Island, Vromonas Island, Makri Island, Pontikos Island, Karlonisi Island, Lamprinos Island, Modi Island, etc. In the Echinades, the Petalas Island is the largest one with an area of 5.38 km². The total area of the Echinades is 18.24 km², and the length of the coastline is 87.84 km. The dataset was developed based on Google Earth images around 2015. The dataset is archived in .kmz and .shp data formats, and consists of 17 data files with data size of 442 KB (Compressed into 2 files with 139 KB).
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Data Citation：
SHI Ruixiang, LIU Chuang.Echinades[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2022.10.05.V1.
References：
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[5] Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Echinades [OL]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/echinades.
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Data Name |
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Echinades.kmz |
74.51KB |
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Echinadesshp.rar |
140.08KB |
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