Lake Pamvotida

Deadly Virus Detected After Mass Fish Deaths in Greece’s Lake Pamvotida

A virus has been confirmed in fish that died in Greece’s Lake Pamvotida, providing a laboratory explanation for the mass fish deaths reported at the time. Laboratory tests detected the Spring Viraemia of Carp virus (SVCV) in dead Carassius spp....

Haunting Time Lapse Images: Kyra Frosyni Lives on at Lake Pamvotida [Video]

Exquisitely haunting time lapse footage of the clouds covering Lake Pamvotida, the largest lake of Epirus, located in Ioannina, is the latest work by Athens-based filmmaker and photographer Alexandros Maragos. The legends of the uncommonly beautiful lake, such as that...

Greece's Caves A Tourist Lure

For thousands of years the powers of evolution, erosion and geological transformations have shaped Greece's structure into a unique land of thousands of subterranean and underwater caves. Both the mainland and island are excellent examples of the rich geological...