What is Karpathos?
[[File:Apella-Bucht, Karpathos, Griechenland.JPG|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Karpathos}}]] '''Karpathos''' is a [[Greece|Greek]] [[island]] in the [[Aegean Sea]]. It is one of the Greek [[Dodecanese]] islands, in the [[southeast]]ern Aegean.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alkioni-karpathos.gr/karpathos-greece.php |title=Karpathos island |publisher=Alkioni Hotel Karpathos, Finiki, Karpathos island, Greece |access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> Together with the [[wikt:neighboring|neighboring]] smaller [[Saria Island]] it forms the [[municipality]] of Karpathos. This in turn is part of the [[Karpathos (regional unit)|Karpathos regional unit]]. Because of its remote location, Karpathos has preserved many peculiarities of [[clothing]], [[custom]]s and [[dialect]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.karpathos.gr/pages.php?lang=2&page=politismos |title=Karpathos |publisher=karpathos.gr |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122106/http://www.karpathos.gr/pages.php?lang=2&page=politismos |url-status=dead }}</ref> The dialect is very similar to that of [[Crete]] and [[Cyprus]]. The island has also been called Carpathus in [[Latin language|Latin]], Scarpanto in [[Italian language|Italian]] and Kerpe in [[Turkish language|Turkish]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Islands of Greece]]