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Extract from New piloting directions for the Mediterranean sea, the Adriatic, or Gulf of Venice, the Black sea, Grecian archipelago, and the seas of Marmara and Azof: written to accompany the new chart of the Mediterranean sea, by John William Norie (1831):

PORT OLIVIER, OR JERO, lies at the southern part of the island: its entrance is in latitude 39° 1' 0" N., longitude 26° 33' 0" E., and bears from the Island of Fokia N. by W. iW. (N.i W.), distant 19 miles; and from Cape Karabouroun N. N. E. (N. E. by N.), 22 miles. Vessels coming from the southward will frequently pass without seeing this port, as the entrance is hidden by the western point of the harbour projecting outward; but they may readily know its situation by the appearance of Mount St. Elias, which has a remarkably dark appearance, and rises suddenly up from the sea to a great height, becoming visible 12 leagues off, and to the westward of Cape Knrabovroun. This is considered to be one of the best ports in the Archipelago, within which vessels may ride completely land-locked. Its entrance is narrow, but being within it, you will end yourself in a basin enclosed by low hills thickly planted with olive-trees, behind which rise high mountains, covered with heath and brushwood. The harbour extends about 7 or 8 miles N. W. by N. (N. N. W.).

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