Samos

Summary

Samos is an island^[1]. Samos ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Samos is located in North Aegean Region^[3].
• Samos is in the country of Greece^[4].
• Samos is on the body of water Aegean Sea^[5].
• Samos is on the body of water Mycale Strait^[6].
• Samos is on the body of water Gulf of Kuşadası^[7].
• Samos's image is recorded as Samos 049 2009.JPG^[8].
• Samos's instance of is recorded as island^[9].
• Samos's instance of is recorded as polis^[10].
• Samos's capital is recorded as Vathy^[11].
• Samos's bathymetry image is recorded as Greece (ancient) NorthAegean (relief-cropped).png^[12].
• Samos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159286977^[13].
• Samos's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 267789117^[14].
• Samos's GND ID is recorded as 4051507-2^[15].
• Samos's locator map image is recorded as 2011 Dimos Samou.png^[16].
• Samos's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2012058696^[17].
• Samos's location is recorded as Aegean Sea^[18].
• Samos's postal code is recorded as 931 xx^[19].
• Samos's part of is recorded as Southern Sporades^[20].
• Samos's Commons category is recorded as Samos Island^[21].
• Samos's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 452381^[22].
• Samos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Samos's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[24].
• Samos's highest point is recorded as Kerkis^[25].
• Samos's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.75, 'lon': 26.8333}^[26].
• Samos's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/096c16^[27].

Body

Identity

Samos's part of is recorded as Southern Sporades^[20].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Samos include Samos International Airport^[28], an international airport^[29], in Greece^[30], founded in 1976^[31] and Samotherium^[32], a fossil taxon^[33].

Why It Matters

Samos ranks in the top 3% of island entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (279 views/month).^[2] Samos has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Samos is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Samos include Samos International Airport^[28], an international airport^[29], in Greece^[30], founded in 1976^[31] and Samotherium^[32], a fossil taxon^[33].