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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 and particular in the section of Eastern Cyclades.

Milos doesn’t have tall mountains, the highest is Mount Halakas, in the southwest of the island, which rises at an altitude of 751 metres.
The most impressive geographical element of Milos are the huge cliffs in the southern side, such as Kleftiko, which look like upside down cliffs into the sea.
 
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