Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
has many
islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000,
depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 and 227.
The largest Greek island by area is
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
, located at the southern edge of the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi ( Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
. The second largest island is
Euboea
Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poi ...
or Evvia, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide
Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the
Central Greece
Continental Greece ( el, Στερεά Ελλάδα, Stereá Elláda; formerly , ''Chérsos Ellás''), colloquially known as Roúmeli (Ρούμελη), is a traditional geographic region of Greece. In English, the area is usually called Central ...
region. After the third and fourth largest Greek islands,
Lesbos and
Rhodes
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...
, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.
The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the
Argo-Saronic Islands
The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland. The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis, Aegina, Agistri, and Poros. Th ...
in the Saronic Gulf near
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates a ...
; the
Cyclades
The Cyclades (; el, Κυκλάδες, ) are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name ...
, 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
The Dodecanese (, ; el, Δωδεκάνησα, ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Turkey's Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited ...
, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey; the
Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea; and the
Ionian Islands, chiefly located to the west of the mainland in the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including ...
. Crete with its surrounding islets and Euboea are traditionally excluded from this grouping.
This article excludes the
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which ...
, which has technically been an island since the construction of the
Corinth Canal in 1893, but is rarely considered to be an island due to its artificial origins.
Islands of Greece by size
The following are the largest Greek islands listed by surface area. The table includes all islands of over .
Islands of Greece by population
Islands of the Aegean Sea
Argo-Saronic Islands
This list includes Argo-Saronic islands, which are located in the
Saronic Gulf
The Saronic Gulf ( Greek: Σαρωνικός κόλπος, ''Saronikós kólpos'') or Gulf of Aegina in Greece is formed between the peninsulas of Attica and Argolis and forms part of the Aegean Sea. It defines the eastern side of the isthmus of ...
. The largest Argo-Saronic island is Salamis. The main islands are in bold. Uninhabited islands are indicated, including those that may have been inhabited in the past:
*
Aegina
Aegina (; el, Αίγινα, ''Aígina'' ; grc, Αἴγῑνα) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island an ...
(),
*
Agios Georgios (uninhabited),
* Agios Georgios Salaminos (St. George's Island, uninhabited),
[Google Maps]
* Agios Ioannis Diaporion (uninhabited)
*
Agios Thomas Diaporion (uninhabited),
*
Agistri
Agistri, also Angistri or Agkistri (Greek: Αγκίστρι , English: "fishing hook"), is a small populated island and municipality in the Saronic Gulf in the Islands regional unit, Greece. Settlements
There are only three settlements on Agist ...
(),
* Alexandros Hydras,
*
Atalanti Island
Atalanti ( el, Αταλάντη) or Atalantonisi (Αταλαντονήσι) or Talandonísi (Ταλαντονήσι) is a small uninhabited island in the North Euboean Gulf, about 600 m off the coast near the town Atalanti, Phthiotis, Greece. Th ...
,
* Dia (uninhabited)
*
Dokos
Dokos ( el, Δοκός) is a small Greek island of the Argo-Saronic Gulf, adjacent to Hydra, and separated from the Peloponnese by a narrow strait called, on some maps, "the Hydra Gulf." It is part of the municipality of Ýdra (Hydra) in Is ...
(),
*
Falkonera
Falkonera ( el, Φαλκονέρα) or Gerakoulia (Γερακούλια), anciently known as Hierakia (Ἱεράκια), is a small uninhabited Greek island in the southwestern Aegean Sea, between the island of Milos and the Peloponnese. Although ...
(uninhabited),
* Fleves (uninhabited),
*
Hydra (),
* Katramoniso (Nisís Idhroúsa, uninhabited),
* Kyra Aiginis (Nisída Kyrá) (uninhabited),
* Laousses Islets (Nísoi Laoúses, uninhabited),
* Leros Salaminos (uninhabited),
* Modi Porou (uninhabited),
* Moni Aiginas (uninhabited),
*
Patroklos
In Greek mythology, Patroclus, Greek Patroklos, was Achilles’ best friend and, according to some, his lover. Due to the wide fame of Homer's work, it was used as a male first name throughout the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Patroclus may also ...
(uninhabited),
* Pera Island (
Arta),
* Platia (uninhabited),
* Platia Aeginis (uninhabited),
*
Poros (),
* Psili (uninhabited)
*
Psyttaleia
Psyttaleia ( el, Ψυττάλεια) is an unpopulated and uninhabited island in the Saronic Gulf between the harbor of Piraeus and the Kynosoura peninsula on Salamis Island, Greece. It covers an area of 0.375 square kilometers. The island house ...
(uninhabited),
*
Revythousa
Revythousa ( el, Ρεβυθούσα) is a small island in the Saronic Gulf, uninhabited with an area of 0.18 square kilometers. It is located 500 meters south of the coast of Agia Triada, in the bay of and 900 meters west of Salamis. Revitousa adm ...
(uninhabited),
* Romvi (Nisida Romvi) (uninhabited),
*
Salamis (),
*
Spetses
Spetses ( el, Σπέτσες, grc, Πιτυούσσα "Pityussa", Arvanitika: Πετσε̱) is an upscale affluent island in Attica, Greece. It is included as one of the Saronic Islands. Until 1948, it was part of the old prefecture of Argolis ...
(),
*
Spetsopoula
Spetsopoula ( el, Σπετσοπούλα) is an island situated to the southeast of Spetses, which is one of the Saronic Islands, in the region of Attica and the Aegean Sea. It is located at about from Athens. Its area is about 2 Km2. According ...
(uninhabited),
* Stavronisi Hydras (uninhabited),
* Trikeri Hydras (uninhabited),
*
Velopoula
Velopoula (Greek: Βελοπούλα) is an island situated to the southeast of Spetses, which is one of the Saronic Islands, in the Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greek ...
(Nisída Velopoúla) (uninhabited),
* Ypsili Diaporion (uninhabited)
* Ypsili Argolidos (uninhabited)
Cretan islands
The two lists below show the islands, islets, and rocks that surround the island of Crete that are in the Aegean Sea or
Libyan Sea.
Cretan islands of the Aegean Sea
*
Afendis Christos,
*
Agia Varvara
Agia Varvara ( el, Αγία Βαρβάρα, meaning Saint Barbara) is a suburb in the western part of Athens, Greece.
Geography
Agia Varvara is situated east of the mountain Aigaleo (Greek: Αιγάλεω). It is west of central Athens
A ...
,
*
Agioi Apostoloi,
*
Agioi Pandes
Agioi Pantes ( el, Άγιοι Πάντες, "All Saints"), is a Greek islet, north of the coast of Lasithi, eastern Crete, close to Agios Nikolaos. In antiquity, it was named Pyrrha or Pyrra ( grc, Πύρρα).
References
See also
*List of is ...
,
*
Agioi Theodoroi,
*
Agios Nikolaos,
*
Agriomandra,
*
Anavatis
Kavaloi ( el, Καβάλοι), is a group of three uninhabited Greek islets, close to the coast of Lasithi, eastern Crete. The close group comprises the islets Anavatis (Αναβάτης "rider"), Kavallos (Καβάλλος), and Kefali (Κε� ...
,
*
Arnaouti,
*
Avgo
Avgo ( el, Αυγό, "egg"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Aegean Sea, north of the eastern coast of Crete. Administratively it lies within the Neapoli municipality of Lasithi. The islet has also been the target of naval bombardment dr ...
(uninhabited islet),
*
Crete
Crete ( el, Κρήτη, translit=, Modern: , Ancient: ) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, ...
,
*
Daskaleia (uninhabited islet),
*
Dia (Zeus, uninhabited),
*
Diapori,
*
Dionysades (group of islands),
**
Gianysada,
**
Dragonada,
**
Paximada
The Dionysades ( el, Διονυσάδες, also Γιανυσάδες - ''Gianysades'') is a small, northward-trending archipelago off the north coast of the island of Crete, mid-way between the Cape Sidero lighthouse to the southeast (from whi ...
,
**
Paximadaki,
*
Elasa
Elasa ( el, Ελάσα) is an island that can be found northeast of Crete in the Aegean Sea, about from the palm tree forest of Vai. It is rocky and uninhabited covering . Its highest point is above sea level. Administratively it comes within th ...
,
*
Ftena Trachylia,
*
Glaronisi,
*
Gramvoussa,
**
Agria Gramvousa,
**
Imeri Gramvousa,
*
Grandes (group of islands),
*
Kalydon (Spinalonga),
*
Karavi (uninhabited),
*
Karga (uninhabited),
*
Katergo (uninhabited),
*
Kavaloi (three uninhabited islands),
** Anavatis,
** Kavallos,
** Kefali,
*
Kolokytha,
*
Koursaroi,
*
Kyriamadi (Peninsula),
*
Lazaretta,
*
Leon
Leon, Léon (French) or León (Spanish) may refer to:
Places
Europe
* León, Spain, capital city of the Province of León
* Province of León, Spain
* Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again f ...
(Islet),
*
Mavros (Uninhabited islet),
*
Megatzedes (Uninhabited islet),
*
Mochlos,
*
Nikolos,
*
Palaiosouda
Palaiosouda ( el, Παλαιόσουδα, "old Souda"), also known as Marathi ( el, Μαράθι), is an islet located south of the town of Marathi, close to Souda Bay in Crete. The islet is a popular diving location.Peristeri
Peristeri ( Greek: Περιστέρι, meaning "pigeon/dove" in Greek) is a suburban municipality in the western part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. With 139,981 inhabitants (2011 census), it is the seventh-largest municipality of Greece ...
(Islet),
*
Peristerovrachoi (Uninhabited rocks),
*
Petalida (Islet),
*
Petalouda (Uninhabited islet),
*
Pontikaki (Uninhabited islet),
*
Pondikonisi (Uninhabited islet),
*
Praso Kissamou (Islet),
*
Prosfora (Uninhabited islet),
*
Pseira
Pseira ( el, Ψείρα) is an islet in the Gulf of Mirabello in northeastern Crete with the archaeological remains of Minoan and Mycenean civilisation.
History
The island was explored in 1906–1907 by Richard Seager and partially documente ...
,
*
Sideros (Uninhabited rock),
*
Souda (Islet),
*
Valenti (Rock),
*
Vryonisi (Uninhabited islet),
Cretan islands of the Libyan Sea
Islands on the south coast of Crete are considered in the
Libyan Sea.
*
Agia Eirini,
*
Ammoudi tous Volakous,
*
Artemis
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Artemis (; grc-gre, Ἄρτεμις) is the goddess of the hunt, the wilderness, wild animals, nature, vegetation, childbirth, care of children, and chastity. She was heavily identified with ...
(Uninhabited islet),
*
Aspros Volakas (rock),
*
Chrysi (uninhabited),
*
Elafonisi
Elafonisi ( el, Ελαφονήσι "deer island") is an island located close to the southwestern corner of the Mediterranean island of Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. When the weather is fine it is ...
,
*
Fotia (Uninhabited islet),
*
Gaidouronisi (Uninhabited),
*
Gavdopoula
Gavdopoula ( el, Γαυδοπούλα, ) is an islet located north-west of its larger neighbour, Gavdos, in the Libyan Sea. It is located to the south of Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the regional unit of Chania. It is part o ...
,
*
Gavdos (Southernmost point of Greece),
*
Koufonisi (Lefki) (Uninhabited islet),
*
Loutro (Rocky islet),
*
Makroulo (Uninhabited islet),
*
Marmaro (Uninhabited islet),
*
Mavros Volakas (Large rock),
*
Megalonisi (Uninhabited islet),
*
Mikronisi (Islet),
*
Papadoplaka (Reef islet),
*
Paximadia
Paximadia ( el, Παξιμάδια, "rusks") are two small uninhabited islands in the gulf of Mesara located approximately south of Agia Galini in Rethymno regional unit. They are in the Libyan Sea next to the southern coast of Crete. Due to ...
(Two small uninhabited islands),
*
Prasonisi, Gavdou (Islet),
*
Prasonisi, Rethymno (Islet),
*
Psarocharako (Rock),
*
Psyllos
Psyllos ( el, Ψύλλος, "flea"), is an uninhabited Greek islet, in the Libyan Sea, close to the southern coast of eastern Crete. Administratively it lies within the Ierapetra municipality of Lasithi.
See also
*List of islands of Greece
...
(Uninhabited islet),
*
Schistonisi (Islet),
*
Strongyli (Uninhabited islet),
*
Thetis (Islet),
*
Trachilos (Uninhabited islet),
*
Trafos (Islet),
*
Treis Volakous (Rocks),
Cyclades islands
The Cyclades islands comprise around 220 islands and islets. The main islands are indicated in bold below.
* Agios Nikolaos (Macheres),
*
Amorgos (),
*
Ananes
Ananes ( el, Ανάνες) (sometimes called the Ananes Rocks) is a group of 7 small uninhabited islets in Greece's Aegean Sea, on the outskirts of the Cyclades island group. They are arranged in a crescent-like shape from southwest to due north ...
,
*
Anafi (),
*
Andros (),
* Aniros (Anydros)
* Ano Antikeros
*
Antimilos
Antimilos ( el, Αντίμηλος) is a Greek island in the Cyclades, northwest of Milos. Administratively, it is part of the municipality of Milos. Antimilos is an uninhabited mass of trachyte (671 m height), often called Erimomilos (Desert ...
,
*
Antiparos
Antiparos ( ell, Αντίπαρος; grc, Ὠλίαρος, Oliaros; la, Oliarus; is a small island in the southern Aegean, at the heart of the Cyclades, which is less than one nautical mile (1.9 km) from Paros, the port to which it is conn ...
,
* Anydros Amorgou
* Askania,
*
Christiana (uninhabited),
*
Delos
The island of Delos (; el, Δήλος ; Attic: , Doric: ), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island ar ...
,
*
Despotiko
Despotikó ( el, Δεσποτικό), anciently, Prepesinthus or Prepesinthos ( grc, Πρεπέσινθος), is a small, uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades. It is situated west of the island of Antiparos, and east of the smaller island of ...
(uninhabited),
*
Donousa (),
*
Eschati
Eschati (Εσχάτη) is an uninhabited island, lying to southwest of Santorini, in the Cyclades island group in Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on th ...
,
*
Folegandros
Folegandros (also Pholegandros; el, Φολέγανδρος) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea that, together with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini, forms the southern part of the Cyclades. Its surface area is and it has 765 inhabitants ...
(),
* Glaronisi,
*
Gyaros
Gyaros ( el, Γυάρος ), also locally known as Gioura ( el, Γιούρα), is an arid, unpopulated, and uninhabited Greek island in the northern Cyclades near the islands of Andros and Tinos, with an area of . It is a part of the municipality ...
,
* Hristiana
* Htapodia Mykonou
*
Ios (),
*
Iraklia,
* Kalogiros
*
Kardiotissa,
* Kato Antikeros,
* Kato Koufonisi,
*
Kea (),
*
Keros
Keros ( el, Κέρος; anciently, Keria or Kereia ( grc, Κέρεια) is an uninhabited and unpopulated Greek island in the Cyclades about southeast of Naxos. Administratively it is part of the community of Koufonisia. It has an area of an ...
,
*
Kimolos
Kimolos ( el, Κίμωλος; la, Cimolus) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It lies on the southwest of the island group of Cyclades, near the bigger island of Milos. Kimolos is the administrative center of the municipality of Kimolos, which ...
,
* Kitriani,
*
Koufonisia,
* Kramvonisi
*
Kythnos
Kythnos ( el, Κύθνος), commonly called Thermia ( el, Θερμιά), is a Greek island and municipality in the Western Cyclades between Kea and Serifos. It is from the Athenian harbor of Piraeus. The municipality Kythnos is in area and h ...
(),
* Liadi Island,
* Makares,
*
Makronissos,
* Megalo,
*
Milos (),
*
Mykonos
Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according ...
,
*
Naxos (),
*
Nea Kameni,
* Nikouria,
* Nisida Prasini,
* Ofidousa,
* Pahia Anaphis
*
Palea Kameni,
*
Paros (),
*
Polyaigos
Polýaigos ( el, Πολύαιγος; la, Polyaegus) is an uninhabited Greek island in the Cyclades near Milos and Kimolos. It is part of the community of Kimolos (Κοινότητα Κιμώλου). Its name means "many goats", since it is inha ...
,
*
Rhineia
Rineia or Rhenea (Ρήνεια), anciently Rheneia ( grc, Ῥήνεια) or Rhenaia (Ῥηναῖα), or Rhene (Ῥήνη), is a Greek island in the Cyclades. It lies just west of the island of Delos and further southwest of the island of Myko ...
,
*
Saliagos,
*
Santorini
Santorini ( el, Σαντορίνη, ), officially Thira ( Greek: Θήρα ) and classical Greek Thera (English pronunciation ), is an island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from the Greek mainland. It is t ...
(Thera),
*
Schoinoussa
Schoinoussa or Schinoussa ( el, Σχοινούσσα, before 1940: Σχοινούσα, ; anciently, grc, Σχινοῦσσα) is an island and a former community in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the mu ...
,
*
Serifopoula,
*
Serifos,
*
Sifnos
Sifnos ( el, Σίφνος) is an island municipality in the Cyclades island group in Greece. The main town, near the center, known as Apollonia (pop. 869), is home of the island's folklore museum and library. The town's name is thought to com ...
,
*
Sikinos
Sikinos ( el, Σίκινος) is a Greek island and municipality in the Cyclades. It is located midway between the islands of Ios and Folegandros. Sikinos is part of the Thira regional unit.
It was known as Oenoe or Oinoe ( grc, Οἰνόη, ...
,
* Skilonisi,
* Stroggyli Parou,
*
Syros,
*
Therasia,
*
Tinos (),
*
Vous,
* Vrachoi Bouvais,
Dodecanese islands
There are 164 total Dodecanese Islands of which 26 are inhabited. There are 12 main islands, as listed in bold below:
*
Agathonissi,
* Agioi Theodoroi Halkis
* Agreloussa
*
Alimia,
* Antitilos
* Anydros Patmou
* Arefoussa
* Arhangelos
*
Arkoi,
*
Armathia
Armathia ( el, Αρμάθια) is a Greek island belonging to the Dodecanese group in the eastern Aegean sea. It is part of the municipality of Kasos. In the census of 1951 there were 8 recorded inhabitants but it has since become uninhabited. At ...
,
* Astakida
*
Astypalaia
Astypalaia (Greek: Αστυπάλαια, ), is a Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census). It belongs to the Dodecanese, an archipelago of fifteen major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea.
The island is long, wide at the most, and ...
,
* Faradonesia
*
Farmakonisi
Farmakonisi or Pharmakonisi ( el, Φαρμακονήσι) is a small Greek island and community of the Dodecanese, in the Aegean Sea, Greece. It lies in the middle between the chain of the Dodecanese islands in the west, and the coast of Asia Min ...
,
* Fokionissia
* Fragos
* Gaidourosnissi Tilou
* Glaros Kinarou
*
Gyali,
* Halavra
*
Halki,
* Hiliomodi Patmou
* Hondro
* Htenies
*
Imia
Imia ( el, Ίμια) is a pair of small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey. They are known in Turkey as Kardak.
Imia was the object of a ...
(uninhabited),
* Kalavros Kalymnou
*
Kalolimnos,
* Kalovolos
*
Kalymnos
Kalymnos ( el, Κάλυμνος) is a Greek island and municipality in the southeastern Aegean Sea. It belongs to the Dodecanese island chain, between the islands of Kos (south, at a distance of ) and Leros (north, at a distance of less than ...
,
* Kamilonisi
* Kandeloussa
* Karavolas Rodhou
*
Karpathos
Karpathos ( el, Κάρπαθος, ), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Together with the neighboring smaller Saria Island it forms the municipality of Karpathos, which is part of ...
(),
*
Kasos
Kasos (; el, Κάσος, ), also Casos, is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea, and is part of the Karpathos regional unit. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1 ...
,
*
Kastellorizo (Megisti),
*
Kinaros,
*
Kos (),
* Koubelonisi
* Kouloundros
* Kouloura Leipson
* Kounoupoi
* Koutsomytis
*
Leipsoi,
*
Leros
Leros ( el, Λέρος) is a Greek island and municipality in the Dodecanese in the southern Aegean Sea. It lies (171 nautical miles) from Athens's port of Piraeus, from which it can be reached by an 9-hour ferry ride or by a 45-minute flig ...
,
*
Levitha,
* Makronisi Leipson
* Makronissi Kasou
* Makry Aspronisi Leipson
* Makry Halkis
*
Marathos,
* Marmaras
* Mavra Levithas
* Megalo Aspronisi Leipson
* Megalo Glaronisi
* Megalo Sofrano
* Mesonisi Seirinas
* Mikro Glaronisi,
* Mikro Sofrano,
* Nerónisi,
*
Nimos,
* Nisídes Adelfoí,
*
Nisyros
Nisyros also spelled Nisiros ( el, Νίσυρος, Nísiros) is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos.
Its shape is a ...
,
* Paheia Nisyrou
*
Patmos
Patmos ( el, Πάτμος, ) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where John of Patmos received the visions found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written.
One of the norther ...
,
* Pergoussa
* Piganoussa
* Pitta
* Plati Kasou
* Plati Pserimou
* Plati Symis
* Pontikoussa
* Prasonissi Rodhou
* Prasouda
*
Pserimos,
*
Ro,
*
Rhodes
Rhodes (; el, Ρόδος , translit=Ródos ) is the largest and the historical capital of the Dodecanese islands of Greece. Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the Rhodes regional unit, which is part of the S ...
(),
* Safonidi
*
Saria,
* Seirina
* Sesklio
* Stroggyli
*
Strongyli Megistis
Strongyli Megistis ( el, Στρογγυλή Μεγίστης), also called plainly ''Strongyli'' or ''Ypsili'', is a Greek islet which lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, about four kilometers south-east of the island of Kastellorizo. The is ...
(Easternmost point of Greece),
* Strongyli Kritinias
* Strongyli Kasou
*
Symi
Symi, also transliterated as Syme or Simi ( el, Σύμη), is a Greek island and municipality. It is mountainous and includes the harbor town of Symi and its adjacent upper town Ano Symi, as well as several smaller localities, beaches, and areas ...
,
*
Syrna
Syrna ( el, Σύρνα) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Trikolonoi, western Arcadia, Greece. Syrna is situated on a mountain slope above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 800 m elevation. In 2011 Syrna h ...
,
*
Telendos,
*
Tilos,
* Tragonisi
*
Zaforas,
Euboea and surrounding islands
*
Atalanti
Atalanti ( el, Αταλάντη '' Atalantē'') is the second largest town in Phthiotis, Greece. It is located southeast of Lamia, north of Livadeia and northwest of Chalcis. In 2011, it was incorporated into the municipality of ...
(uninhabited),
*
Euboea
Evia (, ; el, Εύβοια ; grc, Εὔβοια ) or Euboia (, ) is the second-largest Greek island in area and population, after Crete. It is separated from Boeotia in mainland Greece by the narrow Euripus Strait (only at its narrowest poi ...
,
* Hersonisi
*
Kavalliani
Kavalliani is a small island in the South Euboean Gulf. It is located opposite of ancient Rhamnous in Attica. The island is still uninhabited although a building cooperative of Emporiki Bank is developed in the island. The island has an area about ...
(uninhabited),
*
Lichades,
* Lithari
* Mandilou
* Monoliá,
* Megalos Petalios
*
Petalioi
Petalioi el, Πεταλιοί is an island complex in south-east of Euboea, in the homonymous gulf. It consists of 10 small islands and islets almost all uninhabited. The total area of the complex is 22.5 square kilometers. They belong to Karyst ...
(10 small uninhabited islands/islets),
*
Stouronisi,
North Aegean Islands
*
Agios Efstratios,
*
Chios
Chios (; el, Χίος, Chíos , traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mast ...
,
*
Icaria,
*
Lesbos,
*
Lemnos,
*
Oinousses,
*
Pasas,
*
Psara,
**
Antipsara
Antipsara ( el, Αντίψαρα) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea. Antipsara had 4 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.ΦΕΚ αποτελεσμάτων ΜΟΝΙΜΟΥ πληθυσμού απογραφής 2011�, σελ. 10833 (σ� ...
,
*
Samos
Samos (, also ; el, Σάμος ) is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of western Turkey, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a sepa ...
,
**
Samiopoula,
*
Fournoi Korseon ()
**
Agios Minas
Agios Minas ( el, Άγιος Μηνάς) is a former municipality on the island of Chios, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Chios, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located on the cent ...
()
**
Thymaina ()
There are also two North Aegean Islands in the
Thracian Sea:
*
Samothrace
Samothrace (also known as Samothraki, el, Σαμοθράκη, ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It is a municipality within the Evros regional unit of Thrace. The island is long and is in size and has a population of 2,859 (2011 ...
,
*
Thassos,
Sporades islands
The 30 islands in the Sporades are listed below with the four major islands in bold. The largest Sporades island is Skyros.
*
Adelfoi Islets,
* Agios Georgios Skopelou
*
Alonissos
Alonnisos ( el, Αλόννησος ), also transliterated as Alonissos, is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. After Skiathos and Skopelos it is the third member of the Northern Sporades. It is (2 nm) east of the island of Skopelos. Alonnisos i ...
(),
* Arkos (Skiathos Municipality),
* Aspronisi (Skiathos Municipality)
* Dasia
*
Erinia
Erinia, also Rineia ( el, Ερηνιά or Ρήνεια), is a Greek island in the Sporades located west of Skyros.
Nearest islands and islets
Its nearest islands and islets are Skyropoula
Skyropoula (Greek: Σκυροπούλα, English: "Litt ...
(Rineia Skyrou),
*
Gioura,
* Grammeza,
* Korakas Alonissou
*
Kyra Panagia
Kyra Panagia ( el, Κυρά Παναγιά ) is a Greek island in the Sporades. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos in the Sporades regional unit. The island is also known by the name of Pelagos and rarely Pelagonisi. . A ...
,
* Lekhoussa,
* Manolas Alonissou
* Maragos (Skiathos Municipality)
*
Peristera
Peristera ( el, Περιστέρα, feminine form of pigeon), also Aspro, locally Xero (meaning dry), Eudemia in antiquity, is a Greece, Greek island in the Sporades. It is administratively part of the municipality of Alonnisos and is also direct ...
,
*
Piperi,
* Polemika Alonissou
* Praso Skantzouras
*
Psathoura,
*
Repi,
*
Sarakino,
* Skandili,
*
Skantzoura
Skantzoura ( el, Σκάντζουρα) is an island in the Sporades archipelago, Greece. The island is located southeast of the larger island of Alonnisos (to which it belongs administratively) and northwest of the island Skyros. , it had no res ...
,
*
Skiathos ( in Municipality),
*
Skopelos (),
*
Skyropoula
Skyropoula (Greek: Σκυροπούλα, English: "Little Skyros") is a Greek island in the Sporades. The islet of Erinia lies directly to the east as well as the main island of Skyros. From 1860 until 2001, it was the private island of the Anto ...
(Skyros Municipality),
*
Skyros (),
*
Tsougria (Skiathos Municipality),
* Troulonisi (Skiathos Municipality)
* Tsougriaki (Skiathos Municipality)
*
Valaxa
Valaxa () is a Greek island in the Sporades. It is located southwest of the island Skyros, and is administratively a part of Skyros.
Nearest Islands and Islets
Its nearest islands and islets are Erinia
Erinia, also Rineia ( el, Ερην� ...
,
Ionian Sea islands
Islands in the
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including ...
are listed below. The seven largest and most popular islands are listed in bold.
[Kruse, ''Hellas'', vol. ii. pt. ii. p. 455, seq.; Leake, ''Northern Greece'', vol. iii. pp. 30, seq., 50, seq.; Mure, ''Tour in Greece'', vol. i. p. 104.]
*
Antikythera
Antikythera or Anticythera ( ) is a Greek island lying on the edge of the Aegean Sea, between Crete and Peloponnese. In antiquity the island was known as (). Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Kythira isla ...
,
*
Antipaxos,
*
Arkoudi,
*
Atokos,
*
Cephalonia
Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It ...
,
*
Corfu
Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl ...
,
* Diaplo,
*
Echinades
**
Apasa
Ephesus (; grc-gre, Ἔφεσος, Éphesos; tr, Efes; may ultimately derive from hit, 𒀀𒉺𒊭, Apaša) was a city in ancient Greece on the coast of Ionia, southwest of present-day Selçuk in İzmir Province, Turkey. It was built in ...
,
**
Drakonera,
**
Filippos Filippos is a masculine given name. It may refer to:
* Filippos Filippou (athlete), Cypriot distance runner
* Filippos Filippou (footballer), Cypriot footballer
* Filippos Karvelas, Greek gymnast
* Filippos Margaritis, Greek photographer
* Filip ...
,
**
Girovaris or Gkravaris,
**
Kalogiros,
**
Karlonisi,
**
Kouneli or Makropoula,
**
Lamprinos,
**
Makri,
**
Modio or Modi,
**
Oxeia
Oxeia ( el, Οξεία) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. , it had no resident population. It is the chief island in the southern group (the Ouniades) of the Echinades, part of the Ionian Islands. Oxeia possesses the highest point in the Ec ...
,
**
Petalas,
**
Pistros,
**
Pontikos,
**
Praso,
**
Provati,
**
Sofía,
**
Soros,
**
Tsakalonisi,
**
Vromonas,
*
Elafonissos,
*
Ereikoussa,
*
Ithaca
Ithaca most commonly refers to:
*Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey''
*Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca
*Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College
Ithaca, Ithaka ...
,
*
Kalamos
Kalamos ( grc, Κάλαμος, lit= reed, reed pen; la, Calamus) is a Greek mythological figure. He is son of Maiandros, the god of the Maeander river.
Mythology
A story in Nonnus's ''Dionysiaca'' tells about the love of two youths, Kalamos ...
,
*
Kastos,
* Kravia,
*
Kythira
Kythira (, ; el, Κύθηρα, , also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira) is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands ...
,
* Kythros,
*
Lazaretto,
*
Lefkada,
*
Madouri (Uninhabited),
* Makropoúla,
*
Mathraki,
*
Meganisi,
* Modia Islets,
*
Omfori (Uninhabited, private),
*
Othonoi (westernmost point of Greece),
*
Paxi,
*
Provati,
*
Proti,
*
Sapientza,
*
Schiza (Uninhabited),
*
Skorpios,
*
Skorpidi (Private),
* Sparti Lefkados,
*
Sphacteria,
*
Strofades,
* Thilia,
*
Vido,
*
Zakynthos,
Islets close to mainland
The following islands are close to the mainland and not part of a sea:
* Alatas Trikeriou,
*
Ammouliani
Ammouliani ( el, Αμμουλιανή , ''Ammoulianí''), also known as Amoliani, is an island located in the Chalkidiki regional unit, Greece, from Thessaloniki. Administratively it is part of the municipal unit of Stagira-Akanthos. , the res ...
(Chalkidiki),
* Antitrikeri (Thessaly)
* Kelyfos,
*
Paleo Trikeri
Paleo Trikeri ( gr, Παλαιό Τρίκερι) or Old Trikeri, also known as Trikeri Island, is a small island in the Pagasitic Gulf off the end of the Pelion peninsula in Thessaly, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Trikeri within the m ...
(Thessaly),
*
Trizonia island (Central Greece),
Islands not in the sea
Lake and river islands
* Agios Achilleios (
Small Prespa Lake),
*
Ioannina Island (
Lake Pamvotida),
* Vidronisi (
Small Prespa Lake),
* Anonymous islet (Limnothálassa Pápas lagoon, Western Achaia),
Islands in an island
* Marathi Island (Marathi Lake (reservoir) in
Mykonos
Mykonos (, ; el, Μύκονος ) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos. The island has an area of and rises to an elevation of at its highest point. There are 10,134 inhabitants according ...
),
Lagoon islands
*
Aitoliko Lagoon
**
Aitoliko,
*
Missolonghi Lagoon
** Dolmas
** Kleisova,
** Komma,
** Prokopanistos
** Schinias
**
Tourlida,
** Vasiladi,
See also
*
Geography of Greece
*
Ionian Islands
*
List of Aegean Islands
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The Cyclades
The following islands are part of the Greek Cyclades:
The Dodecanese Islands
The following Aegean islands are part of the Greek Dodecanese islands:
The North Aegean Islands
The North Aegean Islands include the fol ...
*
Lists of islands
*
List of islands of Turkey
This is a list of islands of Turkey. There are around 500 islands and islets in the Turkey. These islands are located in the Aegean Sea, Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Marmara, and Turkish lakes. The Turkish words for island/islands/rocks ...
*
List of islands in the Mediterranean
The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Italy, France, Greece, Spain, Tunisia, Croatia, ...
Notes
References
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* ,
Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World
External links
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Geography of Greece
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Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wi ...
Lists of landforms of Greece