Iliókastron, Dimos Ermionida, Nomós Argolídos, Peloponnese, Greece

Alternative Names:	Iliokastro, Iliokastron, Iliókastron, Karakasi, Karakási, Ηλιόκαστρο, Ηλιόκαστρον
Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Ermionida, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece
Region:	Dimos Ermionida, Nomós Argolídos, Peloponnese, Greece
Latitude:	37° 26' 40" N
Longitude:	23° 16' 1" E
Lat/Long (dec):	37.44461,23.26707
Köppen climate type:	Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Population:	550 (2014)
Mindat Feature ID:	261793
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:261793:0
GUID:	06a74e3d-e8e5-4a00-94ee-b8f16d222c3b

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Karakasi deposit, Ermioni VMS deposit, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 27' 15" N	23° 17' 15" E	2.1km (1.3 miles)
Hermione mine, Ermionida, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 27' 25" N	23° 17' 22" E	2.4km (1.5 miles)
Roro deposit, Ermioni VMS deposit, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 26' 54" N	23° 17' 52" E	2.8km (1.7 miles)
Porto Heli, Ermionida, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 19' 28" N	23° 8' 36" E	17.2km (10.7 miles)
Methana Volcano, Methana, Troizinia-Methana, Islands Regional Unit, Attica, Greece	37° 36' 12" N	23° 21' 57" E	19.7km (12.3 miles)
Taxiarches Monastery Fe-Cu occurrence, Epidaurus, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 40' 27" N	23° 4' 58" E	30.3km (18.8 miles)
Lykotroupi, Nafplio, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 33' 19" N	22° 56' 53" E	30.7km (19.1 miles)
Angelokastro, Corinth, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 44' 37" N	23° 0' 17" E	40.5km (25.2 miles)
Red Cave, Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 55' 42" N	23° 6' 2" E	55.8km (34.6 miles)
Theiochomata, Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 56' 15" N	23° 5' 14" E	57.0km (35.4 miles)
Marmara bauxite deposit, Megara, West Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 58' 57" N	23° 17' 4" E	59.8km (37.2 miles)
Kastri, North Kynouria, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece	37° 21' 48" N	22° 32' 22" E	64.9km (40.3 miles)
Harakas Cove slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 54" N	23° 58' 24" E	66.9km (41.6 miles)
Legrena Cove slag locality (Legraina Cove), Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 39" N	23° 58' 36" E	67.0km (41.7 miles)
Legrena Cove, Charakas mines, Charakas, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 39" N	23° 58' 37" E	67.1km (41.7 miles)
Magnetite occurrence, Triantafillia mines, Triantafillia, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 32" N	23° 59' 12" E	69.2km (43.0 miles)
Legrena Mines, Charakas mines, Charakas, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 33" N	23° 59' 44" E	69.2km (43.0 miles)
Adit No. 12, Agia Marina mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 39' 32" N	24° 0' 14" E	69.2km (43.0 miles)
Triantafillia Mine No. 2, Triantafillia mines, Triantafillia, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 34" N	23° 59' 14" E	69.2km (43.0 miles)
Triantafillia Shaft No. 3, Triantafillia mines, Triantafillia, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 39" N	23° 59' 15" E	69.3km (43.1 miles)
Eleusis Mine, Elevsís (Eleusis; Elefsis; Elefsina; Lepsina; Lefsina), West Attica, Attica, Greece	38° 1' 59" N	23° 31' 59" E	69.5km (43.2 miles)
Megala Pefka slag locality, Lavrion slag localities, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 26" N	23° 59' 56" E	70.1km (43.5 miles)
Barbara Mine, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 8" N	24° 0' 49" E	70.4km (43.7 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 18, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 9" N	24° 0' 51" E	70.4km (43.8 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 17, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 13" N	24° 0' 52" E	70.5km (43.8 miles)
Russia Mine (Pefka Mine; Pefko Mine), Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 0" N	24° 0' 58" E	70.5km (43.8 miles)
Spitharopoussi dumps, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 46" N	24° 0' 38" E	70.6km (43.8 miles)
Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 10" N	24° 0' 56" E	70.6km (43.9 miles)
Sounion Sulfate Locality, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 40' 3" N	24° 1' 0" E	70.6km (43.9 miles)
Vlachos Mine, Spitharopoussi mines, Legrena Valley, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece	37° 41' 10" N	24° 0' 32" E	70.7km (43.9 miles)

Minerals recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ 'Freibergite Subgroup'

Rock types recorded nearby (within 20 km)

ⓘ Sandstone

ⓘ Shale

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

Aegean Sea Plate	Tectonic Plate
Europe	Continent
Greece	Country
Peloponnese, Greece	Administrative Region
Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	Regional Unit
Ermionida, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece	Municipality

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands	89.7.0.0.0.0
Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Ermionida	89.7.11.236.0.0

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