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Cyprus (Κύπρος, Kıbrıs) is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, lying south of Turkey and west of Syria and Lebanon, and covering about 3,570 square miles (9,251 km²). It is one of the sunniest places in Europe, with pine-covered mountains in the middle, a wide central plain and a long coastline of beaches, coves and sea caves.

Its most famous natural landmark is Petra tou Romiou, a sea stack off the southwest coast that legend says is the birthplace of Aphrodite. Inland, the Troodos Mountains rise to Mount Olympos at about 6,401 feet (1,952 m), where snow falls in winter and painted mountain churches are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Cyprus mouflon, a wild sheep with sweeping curved horns and the national animal, lives only in the forests of the Paphos hills. Green and loggerhead sea turtles nest on the quiet beaches of Lara Bay and the Akamas Peninsula, and griffon vultures soar over the sea cliffs near Episkopi.

Did You Know? The word copper comes from the name of Cyprus, whose rich copper mines supplied much of the ancient Mediterranean world.

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