Place details
Place nameLemnos
Other namesLímnos, Limnos, Límnos, Nísos
CountryEllás
Latitude39.917
Longitude25.25
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Mountainous and fertile island off W coast of Turkey; long noted for its medicinal soil, Lemnian bole or earth, used as an astringent; was important in Greek mythology, was especially sacred to Hephaestus.