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Nisyros, a Volcanic Greek Island in the Aegean Sea
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Nisyros is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos. Its shape is approximately round, with a diameter of about 8 km. Several other islets are found in the direct vicinity of Nisyros, the largest of which is Gyali.
Nisyros, with fewer than 1000 permanent inhabitants, is famous for having the only active volcano in Greece together with Santorini. The island is essentially a volcanic cone with a large collapsed caldera in the center. It is possible to walk into the volcanic crater and view the smoking fumaroles at close hand.
The island is reachable by ship from Piraeus and Kos, and in summer, there are many daily trips from the village of Kardamena on Kos. There is also a heliport. There are two main villages on the island; Mandraki in the north-west (where the ferries dock) and Nikea, up on the edge of the volcanic rim to the south. According to the 2011 census, the municipality's resident population is about 1,000, although in summer it is augmented by many tourists as well as expatriate Nisyrians who visit the island for their vacations. Tourism is not so heavily developed as on other Greek islands.
According to Greek mythology, the island was formed when Poseidon cut off a part of Kos and threw it onto the giant Polybotes to stop him from escaping. The volcano is currently active (but not erupting), and fumaroles are found at the craters. It has had four historical eruptions. The latest eruptive activity was a steam explosion in 1888, after small ash eruptions in the 1870s.
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Nisyros, with fewer than 1000 permanent inhabitants, is famous for having the only active volcano in Greece together with Santorini. The island is essentially a volcanic cone with a large collapsed caldera in the center. It is possible to walk into the volcanic crater and view the smoking fumaroles at close hand.
The island is reachable by ship from Piraeus and Kos, and in summer, there are many daily trips from the village of Kardamena on Kos. There is also a heliport. There are two main villages on the island; Mandraki in the north-west (where the ferries dock) and Nikea, up on the edge of the volcanic rim to the south. According to the 2011 census, the municipality's resident population is about 1,000, although in summer it is augmented by many tourists as well as expatriate Nisyrians who visit the island for their vacations. Tourism is not so heavily developed as on other Greek islands.
According to Greek mythology, the island was formed when Poseidon cut off a part of Kos and threw it onto the giant Polybotes to stop him from escaping. The volcano is currently active (but not erupting), and fumaroles are found at the craters. It has had four historical eruptions. The latest eruptive activity was a steam explosion in 1888, after small ash eruptions in the 1870s.
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