Léros

island, Greece

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Léros, island and dímos (municipality), South Aegean (Modern Greek: Nótio Aigaío) periféreia (region), southeastern Greece. Léros is one of the Dodecanese (Dodekánisa) islands in the Aegean Sea, east of the Cyclades (Kykládes) and off the southwest coast of Turkey. It is surrounded by numerous islets and is full of creeks, with many promontories and deep bays. Léros is mountainous (rising to 1,073 feet [327 metres]) and consists of three peninsulas joined by two isthmuses, with...

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