Euboea Attractions Évvia (Évia)

 
Chief town: Khalkís

Euboea, the second largest Greek island (170km/106mi long, 5.5km/3.5mi across), lies off the northeast coast of Boetia and Attica, from which it is separated by two enclosed arms of the sea, the Northern and Southern Euboean Gulfs. The two gulfs meet in the narrow strait of Évripos (only 35m/38yd wide and 8.5m/28ft deep), roughly at the mid-point of the island. The principal ports lie on the gentler coast facing the mainland; the rocky northeast coast for the most part falls steeply down to the sea. There are four main ranges of hills, some of them heavily wooded: in the northwest the Teléthri range (Xerón, 991m/3,251ft), southeast of this the Kandílio range (highest point 1,225m/4,019ft); to the east the Dírfys range (Delfí, 1,743m/5,719ft); and at the southeastern tip of the island the Ókhi range (1,398m/4,587ft). Below the hills, particularly on the west coast, are small, fertile alluvial plains.

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