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<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chios&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chios (page does not exist)">Chios</a>, or Khios, Island, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Greece">Greece</a> Located in the eastern Aegean Sea just off the coast of western <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkiye" title="Türkiye">Turkey</a>, the Greek island of Chios can be seen in this near-nadir view. Chios Island is 30 miles (48 km) long and 8 to 15 miles (13 to 24 km) wide and covers an area of 350 sq. miles (905 sq. km). The island is hilly, scenic, and fertile with a good climate. Chios produces <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">olives</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fig" title="Fig">figs</a>, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mastic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mastic (page does not exist)">mastic</a> and has <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> quarries, lignite deposits, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a> springs. Chios is noted in antiquity for its claims as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s birthplace and for its school of epic poets, the Homeridae. The land visible at the right center and top right is part of the country of Turkey.
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| current | 05:36, 4 January 2017 | | 640 × 640 (305 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chios&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chios (page does not exist)">Chios</a>, or Khios, Island, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Greece" class="mw-redirect" title="Greece">Greece</a> Located in the eastern Aegean Sea just off the coast of western <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/T%C3%BCrkiye" title="Türkiye">Turkey</a>, the Greek island of Chios can be seen in this near-nadir view. Chios Island is 30 miles (48 km) long and 8 to 15 miles (13 to 24 km) wide and covers an area of 350 sq. miles (905 sq. km). The island is hilly, scenic, and fertile with a good climate. Chios produces <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Olive" title="Olive">olives</a>, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fig" title="Fig">figs</a>, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mastic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mastic (page does not exist)">mastic</a> and has <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> quarries, lignite deposits, and <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sulfur" title="Sulfur">sulfur</a> springs. Chios is noted in antiquity for its claims as <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a>'s birthplace and for its school of epic poets, the Homeridae. The land visible at the right center and top right is part of the country of Turkey. |
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