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Milos Geography, Greece: Information about the geography of Milos, Cyclades

 

 

Milos Greece is situated in the northwest part of the group of the Cyclades islands, in the Aegean Sea.

It is at half way between Piraeus and Crete, south of Kimolos, south-west of Sifnos and north-west of Folegandros.

Milos Island is the fifth largest island of the Cyclades, has an area of 151 square kilometres, a coastline of 126 kilometres and a population of 5000 inhabitants.
 
The capital of Milos is Plaka and other 7 villages (Plakes, Triovassalos, Pera Triovassalos, Tripiti, Pollonia, Zefiria and Adamas) are the main ones where the biggest part of the population is concentrate.

The shape of the island reminds of a horseshoe and in between the two sides of the island, the penetrating sea forms the huge Bay of Milos and its safe natural harbour, Adamas, which is one of the largest in the Mediterranean.
 
Administratively Milos belongs to the prefecture of the Cyclades which is divided into four provinces; Milos is the centre of the province uniting it with Kimolos, Sifnos and Serifos.
Milos doesn’t have tall mountains, the highest one being Mont Halakas, in the southwest of the island, which rise at an altitude of 751 metres. The other mountain of the same area is Hondro Vouno (Fat Mountain) which is 636 metres high. The other peaks of Milos do not exceed 400 metres.
 
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A view of Milos landscape 
 
An impressive view of Milos 
 
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