Keros

Infobox Greek Isles
name = Keros
native_name = Κέρος
skyline =
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coordinates = coord|36|53|N|25|39|E
chain = Cyclades
isles =
area = 15
highest_mount = Mt. Keros
elevation = 43
periph = South Aegean
prefect = Cyclades
capital = Uninhabited
population = 0
pop_as_of = 2001
postal = 843 00
telephone = 22870
license = EM
website =

Keros ( _el. Κέρος) is an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades about convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisi. It has an area of convert|15|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on and its highest point is convert|432|m|ft|0. It was an important site to the Cycladic civilization that flourished around 2500 BC.

Keros is especially noted for the flat-faced marble statues which later inspired the work of Pablo Picasso and Henry Moore.

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External links

* [http://www.koufonisia.gr Official website of Community of Koufonísi] el icon