kids encyclopedia robot

Andros facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts
Andros town
The Andros city

Andros is an island of Greece. It is the second biggest island of the Cyclades group. It is in the northwest of Cyclades group near Euboea island. Its total area is 380 square metres (4,100 sq ft). 10,009 people lived there according to the 2001 Greek census. The biggest town of Andros is Andros city.

Andros is mountainous island with gorges and cliffs which end up at the sea. The plants include many flowers, bushes and a few trees mainly in the center of island. The island has many beautiful beaches and beautiful landscape and thanks to these the island is popular for tourists.

Images for kids

  • Hermes 090579

    Statue of Hermes Chthonios (Roman copy of 1st AD), Archaeological Museum of Andros

  • Andros Island-1844

    1844 British Admiralty chart of Andros island and Cape Doro strait (today Kafireus strait)

  • Batsi, Andros island

    Batsi village

  • Monument, Theofilos Kairis (Kairés), Andros town, 090596

    A bust of Theophilos Kairis

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Andros para niños

kids search engine
All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:
Andros Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.