12/2/2020 List of islands of Greece - Wikipedia

List of islands of Greece

Greece has many islands, with estimates ranging The NorthfromAegean
somewhereislands
[1] [2] are a number
around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into of disconnected
islands in
account. The number of inhabited islands is variously theasnorth
cited Aegean
between
166[3] and 227.[2] Sea, also known as the
Northeast Aegean islands,
belonging
The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located to Greece
at the southern edge of and
Turkey. The islands
the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea, which is separated do not
from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait,form anda isphysical chain or
administered
as part of the Central Greece region. After thegroup,
third andbutfourth
are largest
frequently
Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of thegrouped
islandstogether for tourist
are two-thirds
of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.

The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters:
the Argo-Saronic Islands in the Saronic gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a
large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea;
the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey;
the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete The island groups of the Aegean
and Turkey; the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea; Sea. The Ionian Sea and most of its
and the Ionian Islands, chiefly located to the west of the mainland in the islands are not pictured.
Ionian Sea. Crete with its surrounding islets and Euboea are traditionally
excluded from this grouping.

This article excludes the Peloponnese, which has technically been an island since the construction of the
Corinth Canal in 1893, but is rarely considered to be an island.

Contents
Islands of Greece by size
Saronic Islands
Inhabited islands
Uninhabited islands
Northern Sporades
Main islands
Other islands and islets
Ionian Islands
Main seven
Others
Dodecanese Islands
Main 12 islands
Minor islands
Aegean Islands
Of the Aegean Sea
Of the Thracian Sea

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