Keros
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{{Infobox Greek Isles
|name = Keros
|native_name = Κέρος
|skyline =
|sky_caption =
|map =
|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''' ({{lang-el|Κέρος}}) is an uninhabited [[Greece|Greek]] [[island]] in the [[Cyclades]] about {{convert|10|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Naxos Island|Naxos]]. Administratively it is part of the [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|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}}
{{Aegean Sea}}
{{The Cyclades}}
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[[Category:The Cyclades]]
[[Category:Uninhabited islands]]
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