Yeronisos
Sign in to saveYeronisos or Geronisos (; ) is a small island lying off the west coast of Cyprus, some 18 kilometres north of Paphos. Uninhabited since the 15th century, recent excavations have revealed it once held a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo in the late Hellenistic period.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Cyprus
- Country
- Cyprus
- Located in
- Paphos District
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.012
- Body of water
- Levantine Sea
- Image
- Yeronisos 172.jpg
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Yeronisos or Geronisos (; ) is a small island lying off the west coast of Cyprus, some 18 kilometres north of Paphos. Uninhabited since the 15th century, recent excavations have revealed it once held a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo in the late Hellenistic period.
==Description== The island which lies 280 metres from the shore of western Cyprus has been uninhabited since the 14th or 15th century. It has an area of 26,000 square metres and rises 21.65 metres from sea level. Geologically the island consists of a hard calcarenite crust of Pleistocene marine terraces overlying a soft marl core.
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