Ro, Greece

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Island in Dodecanese, Greece

title: "Ro, Greece" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kastellorizo"] description: "Island in Dodecanese, Greece" topic_path: "general/kastellorizo" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro,_Greece" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Island in Dodecanese, Greece ::

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Field	Value
name	Ro
native_name	Ρω
native_name_lang	el
image_name	RhoMegistis.jpg
image_caption	The island of Rho seen from WNW
coordinates
map_image	Kastelorizo.svg
archipelago	Dodecanese
area_km2	1.6
elevation_m	83
elevation_footnotes
country	Greece
country_admin_divisions_title	Region
country_admin_divisions	South Aegean
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Regional unit
country_admin_divisions_1	Rhodes
country_admin_divisions_title_2	Municipality
population	0
population_as_of	2011
website	www.megisti.gr
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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Επίσκεψη_ΑΝΥΠΕΞ_κ._Δ.Δρούτσα_στη_Ρω(4878358665).jpg" caption="The grave of the [[Lady of Ro"] ::

Ro or Rho () is a small Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, more precisely in the Levantine Sea, near Kastellorizo, close to Turkey's Anatolian coast. It is part of the municipality of Megísti (Kastellorizo) in the South Aegean region.

Description

Together with other islets in the surrounding region, Ro was the subject of a sovereignty dispute in the 1920s between Turkey and Italy, which at the time was in possession of Kastellorizo and the Dodecanese islands. A 1932 treaty assigned Ro to the Kingdom of Italy. It came under Greek sovereignty in 1947, together with the other former Italian possessions in the Aegean.

The islet is named Kara Ada ("Black Island") in Turkish.

History

Anciently, the island was known as Rhoge (). An inhabitant of the island was called Rogaeus (). Ancient fortifications show that during the Hellenistic period and later, there was a small garrison post on the island. The three towers of Kastellorizo, Ro and Strongyli comprise the main links in a dense network of watchtowers constructed by the citizens of Rhodes during the Hellenistic period, to control the sea routes and the coast.

Ro has been uninhabited for most of its modern history, except for the one Greek woman, with her husband and her mother, who made it famous, Despina Achladioti. Every day, Achladioti, also known as the Lady of Ro, raised a Greek flag over the island, until her death in 1982.

A Greek border outpost is based on the island, with the primary duty of continuing the tradition of raising the flag. According to the 2011 census the island has no permanent residents.

On April 10, 2018, Greek soldiers fired warning shots at a Turkish helicopter approaching the island. The helicopter was flying at a very low altitude late at night with its navigation lights switched off.

References

Kalliopi Bairami, "Ro" in: Andreas Vlachopoulos (ed.), Archaiologia: Nisia tou Aigaiou, Melissa 2005, p. 375.

References

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''Chroniko tou Eikostou Aiona'' (''Chronicle of the 20th century''), ed. 4E, Athens, 1990, p. 1258.
"Greek Population Census, 2011".
(April 12, 2018). "Greek fighter pilot killed in crash after Turkish intercept mission: officials".
Squires, Nick. (April 10, 2018). "Greek soldiers fire warning shots at Turkish helicopter in Aegean Sea amid growing tensions".

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