Nea Makri

History

The area was once known as Plesti, but following the 1922 Greek military disaster in Asia Minor and the subsequent expulsion of the native Greeks of Makri in Turkey, it was renamed Nea Makri (New Makri) by the refugees who settled there. The United States Navy operated a HF radio communications base north of Nea Makri from the mid to the late 20th century. The transmitters were located further north, at Kato Souli. The call sign of the station was NGR. The American naval communications station was the deployment location for Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133, home-ported in Gulfport, MS. Saint Ephraim the martyr was a monk who may have lived in the Monastery of the Annunciation in Nea Makri; it has become an important monastery in recent years and has become a site of pilgrimage for all Greeks.

Geography

Nea Makri is situated on the coast of the Petalioi Gulf, a gulf of the Aegean Sea, in the easternmost part of the Attica peninsula. It is 7 km north of Rafina, 8 km south of Marathon and 25 km northeast of Athens city centre. The municipal unit Nea Makri also contains the village Neos Voutzas, 5 km south of Nea Makri town centre. Greek National Road 83 (Athens - Marathon - Rafina) passes through Nea Makri. Popular locations near Nea Makri include Zoumberi Beach and the Brexiza Wetland. It is widely known and visited due to its beaches and coastline.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,839
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  2,848
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  2,739
• Sardinian Warbler

  Curruca melanocephala (J.F.Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  2,606
• Yellow-legged Gull

  Larus michahellis J.F.Naumann, 1840 · Aves
  2,538
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,482
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  2,205
• Rock Pigeon

  Columba livia J.F.Gmelin, 1789 · Aves
  2,134