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"They have accepted that something has to be done." Island community implements sweeping ban that could reshape fishing ...
As Oceanographic reported, the Greek island of Amorgos is looking to establish three marine areas where fishing will be banned for at least five years. These locations are Katapola, Nikouria, and ...
Greek officials are searching for a US tourist who went missing after going on a hike alone on the island of Amorgos. Local officials say Albert Calibet, 59, vanished on Tuesday afternoon.
Most visitors to Greece's Amorgos don't know though is that on the island itself, water for household use and irrigating crops is far from abundant. Farmers are struggling to grow crops.
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck an area of the sea between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini on Monday morning, according to the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The island of Amorgòs is now joining its neighboring island of Santorini in declaring a State of Emergency after a series of magnitude 5+ earthquakes hit the region since Monday, causing quite a ...
The emergency measure announced on the island of Amorgos follows a similar decision for nearby Santorini on Feb. 7 after thousands of unusual tremors were registered in an undersea area near the ...
Amorgos resembles a giant dragon in repose, its spine 32km in length, ranging from the southern tip of Kalotaritissa to the 820m-high summit of Krokolos in the north.
It’s 3:30 a.m. when I disembark the ferry in a trance after a 10-hour sail from Athens. The air is soft and warm in Amorgos, a pristine island off the coast of Greece. Wooden fishing boats rock ...
Getting there: SeaJets sails from Amorgos (Katapola) to Naxos, 1hr 20mins; Blue Star Ferries sails from Amorgos (Aegiali) to Naxos, 2hrs 10mins (directferries.com).