Claim: The Dodecanese have inhabited islands.

Alimia or Alimnia is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea , located in the sea area between Rhodes and Halki , the complex of Dodecanese . The surface of the island is 7.4 km2 and has a coastline of 21 km . The island had a small population until the period of the Second World War , and in recent decades has remained uninhabited .   The island is mentioned by Pliny under the name Evlimnia name associated with two large bays of the island , Emporio and Saint George , in the eastern and western side of the island that are safe natural harbors . Their use in antiquity is confirmed by the impressive , carved into the rock , dockyards , dating to the Hellenistic period when it belonged to the Rhodian state . In the Hellenistic period , flourished when the Rhodian state , the island was fortified with the construction of the fortress and used as anchorage and observatory Rhodian fleet . the Hellenistic castle survived until today in the highest peak east of the island . Department of Hellenistic castle was used for the construction of medieval , castle , built in 1475 , when Rhodes and islands occupied by the Knights . On the coast of Emporio found Roman tombs and visible ancient walls and the foundation of an early Christian basilica .   The settlement of Alimia is built deep in the largest bay on the island . It includes several buildings , most of which are dilapidated due to the abandonment of the settlement from the 1940s . Although abandoned , the settlement has declared traditional since 1978 .  Northwest of the village , a short distance from the coast there is a small lake with salty water , which is one of the 37 natural wetlands in the Dodecanese .   In October 2016 a Belgian organization called ` Beyond Borders Belgium ' will drop 20 people on this uninhabited island . The participants have to survive 10 days with hardly any food or equipment . Personal belongings like a cellphone , mattress or clean cloths are not allowed . Each day the participants have to play a game on the island to earn points . At the end of the `` vacation '' the participant with the most points wins the challenge . The game is based on a former Belgian TV-format called ` Expeditie Robinson ' . The Greek government agreed with this concept and gave Beyond Borders Belgium exclusive rights of the island for the full period of 10 days .