Editing Lemnos (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Limnos from space.jpg|thumb|left|Lemnos from space]]

Lemnos is primarily a flat island, but the western region, particularly the northwest, is rocky and mountainous. At 430 meters above sea level, Mount Skopia is the highest point.<ref name="Wilson2013">{{cite book|author=Nigel Wilson|title=Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8pXhAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA421|date=31 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-78800-0|page=421}}</ref> The chief towns are [[Myrina, Greece|Myrina]], on the western coast, and [[Moudros]] on the eastern shore of a large bay in the middle of the island. Myrina (also called Kastro, meaning "castle") possesses a good [[harbour]]. It is the seat of all trade carried on with the mainland.

Lemnos also has a 7-hectare desert, the [[Pachies Ammoudies of Lemnos]].

===Climate===
The climate in Lemnos is mainly [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]] (''Csa'').<ref name = koppen>{{cite journal| last = Kottek | first = M.|author2=J. Grieser |author3=C. Beck |author4=B. Rudolf |author5=F. Rubel | title = World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated| journal = Meteorol. Z.| volume =15 | pages =259–263| url =http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_free/55034.pdf| doi =10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130| access-date = January 29, 2013| year =2006| issue = 3| bibcode = 2006MetZe..15..259K}}</ref> Winters are generally mild, but with occasional snowfall. Strong winds are a feature of the island, especially in August and during the winter, with a maximum average wind speed of 20.7 km/h in February,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Κλιματικά Δεδομένα ανά Πόλη- ΜΕΤΕΩΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ, ΕΜΥ, Εθνική Μετεωρολογική Υπηρεσία |url=http://www.emy.gr/emy/el/climatology/climatology_city?perifereia=North%20Aegean&poli=Lemnos |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.emy.gr}}</ref> hence its nickname "the wind-ridden one" (in Greek, Ανεμόεσσα). The temperature is typically 2 to 5 degrees Celsius less than in [[Athens]], especially in summertime.

{{Weather box
| location = Lemnos Island (1974-2010)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| Jan record high C = 18.8
| Feb record high C = 19.0
| Mar record high C = 22.0
| Apr record high C = 25.8
| May record high C = 29.8
| Jun record high C = 34.4
| Jul record high C = 39.4
| Aug record high C = 35.8
| Sep record high C = 32.8
| Oct record high C = 31.2
| Nov record high C = 24.0
| Dec record high C = 19.2
| year record high C = 39.4
| Jan high C = 10.7
| Feb high C = 11.0
| Mar high C = 13.1
| Apr high C = 17.1
| May high C = 22.1
| Jun high C = 27.2
| Jul high C = 29.5
| Aug high C = 29.1
| Sep high C = 25.3
| Oct high C = 20.3
| Nov high C = 15.7
| Dec high C = 12.3
| year high C = 19.5
| Jan mean C = 7.6
| Feb mean C = 7.8
| Mar mean C = 10.0
| Apr mean C = 13.8
| May mean C = 18.6
| Jun mean C = 23.8
| Jul mean C = 26.1
| Aug mean C = 25.5
| Sep mean C = 21.6
| Oct mean C = 16.9
| Nov mean C = 12.5
| Dec mean C = 9.3
| year mean C = 16.1
| Jan low C = 4.4
| Feb low C = 4.5
| Mar low C = 6.2
| Apr low C = 9.0
| May low C = 13.0
| Jun low C = 17.3
| Jul low C = 20.4
| Aug low C = 20.7
| Sep low C = 16.7
| Oct low C = 12.9
| Nov low C = 9.1
| Dec low C = 6.2
| year low C = 11.7
| Jan record low C = -5.0
| Feb record low C = -4.2
| Mar record low C = -6.0
| Apr record low C = 1.0
| May record low C = 3.4
| Jun record low C = 3.4
| Jul record low C = 12.0
| Aug record low C = 12.8
| Sep record low C = 8.8
| Oct record low C = 1.6
| Nov record low C = -1.0
| Dec record low C = -3.6
| year record low C = -6.0
| precipitation colour = 
| Jan precipitation mm = 66.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 55.6
| Mar precipitation mm = 51.5
| Apr precipitation mm = 36.4
| May precipitation mm = 21.6
| Jun precipitation mm = 15.5
| Jul precipitation mm = 11.0
| Aug precipitation mm = 6.3
| Sep precipitation mm = 29.3
| Oct precipitation mm = 43.9
| Nov precipitation mm = 80.4
| Dec precipitation mm = 84.7
| year precipitation mm = 502.7
| Jan humidity = 77.3
| Feb humidity = 74.9
| Mar humidity = 74.9
| Apr humidity = 73.4
| May humidity = 68.1
| Jun humidity = 59.9
| Jul humidity = 57.0
| Aug humidity = 61.0
| Sep humidity = 66.8
| Oct humidity = 73.7
| Nov humidity = 77.9
| Dec humidity = 78.5
| year humidity = 70.3
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 11.3
| Feb precipitation days = 10.7
| Mar precipitation days = 9.6
| Apr precipitation days = 8.9
| May precipitation days = 6.6
| Jun precipitation days = 4.7
| Jul precipitation days = 2.1
| Aug precipitation days = 2.3
| Sep precipitation days = 4.0
| Oct precipitation days = 7.1
| Nov precipitation days = 10.1
| Dec precipitation days = 12.9
| year precipitation days = 90.3
| source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>{{Cite FTP | url = ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-VI/GR/16650.TXT
| server = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
| url-status = dead
| title = Limnos Island Climate Normals 1961-1990
| access-date = January 29, 2013}}</ref>
| source 2 = HNMS<ref name = HNMS>{{cite web
| url = http://www.hnms.gr/emy/en/climatology/climatology_city?perifereia=North%20Aegean&poli=Lemnos
| title = Limnos Island Climate Averages 1974-2010
| publisher = [[Hellenic National Meteorological Service]]
| access-date = December 9, 2020}}</ref>
| date = December 2020
| source = 
}}

<gallery class="center">
File:Salt lake 3.jpg|Salt lake of Lemnos
File:Ammothines Lemnos.jpeg|[[Pachies Ammoudies of Lemnos|Sand dunes]]
File:Χορταρολίμνη Λήμνου 2.jpg|Landscape of [[Chortarolimni]]
File:Paradisi hill in Lemnos.jpg|Paradisi hill
</gallery>