MILOS
   
 
     
   
     
             
 

About Milos...

Milos, one of the most beautiful Greek islands, is situated in the SW Cyclades just 86 nautical
miles from Piraeus.
Its surface area is 151 square kilometers and its varied coasting is approximately 125 kilometers long.

 
Prophet Elias is its highest peak while its most predominant feature is its magnificent gulf, providing a natural harbour which is possibly the largest in the Mediterranean.
The 5,000 inhabitants live mainly in the 8 villages: Plaka, Plakes, Triovassalos, Pera-Triovassalos, Tripiti, Pollonia, Zefiria and Adamas.
Officialy, Milos is part of the county of the Cyclades, but it is also the centre of the prefecture incorporating Kimolos, Sifnos and Serifos, and with its administrative capital on Milos.
In terms of tectonic geology, and in accordance with the theory of the lithosperic plate, Milos lies on the volcanic arc of the Southern Aegean and on the Eurasiatic plate.
The island's unique nature is the result of volcanic activity over a period of 3 million years and its subsoil is rich in deposits of bentonite, kaolin, perlite, pozzolana and with some sulphur, baryte and gypsum too.
 
     
 

Today volcanoes such as those at Firiplaka and Trachylas are extinct, but there are numerous indications that the surface is still directly affected by the earth's core.

One of the volcanic characteristics is the geysers, mostly in the east and south-east and the hot springs at various points on the island at sea level.
Many of these are spars containing the sulphates of sodium, calcium and magnesium. Unfortunately they have never been adequately exploited.