IMBROS

imbros, a turkish island in the aegean, at the southern end of the thracian chersonese peninsula. it forms with samothrace, about 17 m. distant, a caza (or canton) in the sanjak of lemnos and province of the archipelago isles. herodotus (v. 26) mentions it as an abode of the historic pelasgians (q.v.). it was, like samothrace, a seat of the worship of the cabeiri (q.v.). the island is now the seat of a greek bishopric. there is communication with the mainland by occasional vessels. the island is of great fertility--wheat, oats, barley, olives, sesame and valonia being the principal products, in addition to a variety of fruits. pop. about 92,000, nearly all turks.