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Keros (Greek: Κέρος; anciently, Keria or Kereia (Ancient Greek: Κέρεια [1])) is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greek island in the Cyclades about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisia .
Only Naxos received several Turkish families. [106] Paros, fertile island. The Cyclades had limited resources and depended on imports for their food supply. [107] The large islands (chiefly Naxos and Paros) were as a matter of course the most fertile due to their mountains, which retained water, and due to their coastal plains. [108]
Amorgos (Greek: Αμοργός, Amorgós; pronounced) is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece.
Folegandros (also Pholegandros; Greek: Φολέγανδρος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea that, together with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini, forms the southern part of the Cyclades. Its surface area is 32.216 square kilometres (12.439 sq mi) [2] and it has 719 inhabitants (2021). It has three small villages, Chora ...
Paros (/ ˈ p ɛər ɒ s /; Greek: Πάρος; Venetian: Paro) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about 8 kilometres (5 miles) wide. [2] It lies approximately 150 km (93 miles) south-east of Piraeus.
Koufonisia (Greek: Κουφονήσια) are a small island complex and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Naxos and Lesser Cyclades, of which it is a municipal unit. [2] The municipal unit has an area of 26.025 km 2. [3]
Milos is the southwestern-most island in the Cyclades group. The Venus de Milo (now in the Louvre), the Poseidon of Melos (now in the NAMA) and the Asclepius of Milos (now in the British Museum) were all found on the island, [2] as was an archaic Apollo now in Athens. Milos is a popular tourist destination during the summer.
Syros (Greek: Σύρος), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens. The area of the island is 83.6 km 2 (32 sq mi) and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. [1] The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Vari .