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. |
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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. |
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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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