Volcano: | Kos - Yali - Nisyros volcanic field (see Kos - Yali - Nisyros volcanic field at the Smithsonian Institution website in a new tab) |
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Type: | Bubbling Water |
Description: | Thermal spring on the south-eastern coast of the island about 3 km west of the locality Agios Fokas. The spring is on the shore close to a ruined old thermal building. A wide pool (up to 100 m^2) is obtained digging the sand and protecting it with boulders from the sea. Strong gas bubbling is present in the whole pool. Strong bubbling is also present in the sea at some tens of m from the spring. |
Point of contact for this site:
Walter D'Alessandro, walter.dalessandro@ingv.it (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia)
Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos, ckiriako@geol.uoa.gr (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
No measurements available for this site.
Daskalopoulou K., Gagliano A.L., Calabrese S., Li Vigni L., Longo M., Kyriakopoulos K., Pecoraino G., D’Alessandro W., 2019,Degassing at the volcanic/geothermal system of Kos (Greece): geochemical characterization of the released gases and CO2 output estimation, Geofluids, vol.2019, pp. 3041037, DOI: 10.1155/2019/3041037