Syrna

Description

Syrna or Sirna is a small island about 4 km2 in area to the south-east of Astypalaia in the Dodecanese group of Greek islands near the south-west coast of Turkey. It is mostly covered with juniper and garrigue scrub. The few inhabitants raise stock, catch fish and practice arable agriculture. The island is important for migrant and breeding seabirds and raptors, including Cory`s shearwater, yelkouan shearwater and Eleonora`s falcon. A shipwreck of the late Roman period (2nd century CE) was found using sonar technology near the island by the Hellenic Centre of Marine Research in 2000.