Keros
Sign in to saveKeros (; anciently, Keria or Kereia ()) is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greek island in the Cyclades about southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisia. It has an area of and its highest point is . It was an important site to the Cycladic civilization that flourished around 2500 BC. It is now forbidden to land on Keros.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Keros
- Islands.native_name
- Κέρος
- Islands.native_name_lang
- el
- Islands.image_name
- Keros.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- Keros island, view from the north
- Islands.map
- Greece
- Islands.archipelago
- Cyclades
- Islands.area_km2
- 15
- Islands.highest_mount
- Mt. Keros
- Islands.elevation_m
- 432
- Islands.country
- Greece
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- South Aegean
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Regional unit
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Naxos
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Municipality
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2001
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Part of
- Cyclades
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 2
- Area
- 15
- Elevation
- 432
- Body of water
- Aegean Sea
- Image
- Keros, isola disabitata di fronte a Koufonisi, Piccole Cicladi - panoramio.jpg
- Width
- 3.6
- Length
- 6.7
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- Commons category
- Keros
- topic's main category
- Category:Keros
- located in/on physical feature
- Lesser Cyclades
- culture
- Cycladic civilization
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- native label
- Κέρος
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Keros hoard
- Daskalio
- Keros-Syros culture
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Keros (; anciently, Keria or Kereia ()) is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greek island in the Cyclades about southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisia. It has an area of and its highest point is . It was an important site to the Cycladic civilization that flourished around 2500 BC. It is now forbidden to land on Keros.
==Keros hoard== thumb|left|upright=0.6|Head from the figure of a woman, 2700 BC–2300 BC, Keros cultureThe "Keros Hoard" is a very large deposit of Cycladic figurines that was found on the island of Keros.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Keros” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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