Vous ( el, Βους; Translation: Ox) is a small, uninhabited

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2 kilometres off the East coast of

Serifos Serifos ( el, Σέριφος, la, Seriphus, also Seriphos; Seriphos: Eth. Seriphios: Serpho) is a Greek island municipality in the Aegean Sea, located in the western Cyclades, south of Kythnos and northwest of Sifnos. It is part of the Milos ...

in the

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. Its name is evocative of the profile of an ox, which it resembles as seen from Sefiros. The island has a

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of approximately 2 kilometres and its greatest length is approximately 570 metres. The island is a popular

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spot. Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Serifos.

References

Cyclades Uninhabited islands of Greece Landforms of Milos (regional unit) Islands of the South Aegean Islands of Greece {{SAegean-geo-stub