Wide view of Mavra Volia, Emborios, Chios.

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Mavra Volia

Emborios · Greece

The short version, from the cited sources

A shore made entirely of smooth black volcanic pebbles rather than sand, left by an eruption of the nearby volcano. The stones shelve steeply into unusually clear deep water.

Country
Greece (GR)
Region
Europe
Sand
Black pebble
Water
Exceptionally clear, deep close inshore
Administrative area
North Aegean
Timezone
Europe/Athens
Source family
GeoNames
Source updated
2013-01-08

Names in the record

Mavra Volia

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Source position

38.18119, 26.02562

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  1. GeoNames Gazetteer ExtractGeoNames ↗

    Beach features T.BCH and T.BCHS from the dated global dump; supplied as-is by GeoNames.

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