List of islands of Greece

This is a list of islands of Greece. The Greek Islands are a collection of over 6,000[1] islands and islets that belong to Greece. Only 227 of the islands are inhabited, and only 78 of those have more than 100 inhabitants.

The largest Greek island by area is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island is Euboea, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the Central Greece region. After the third and fourth largest Greek Islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, 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 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 and Turkey, the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea, and the Ionian Islands, located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea (one of these islands, Kythira, is off the southern tip of the Peloponnese Peninsula and part of the Attica region, but still considered part of the Ionian Islands, mainly because of historical reasons). There are also many islands, islets and rocks that surround the coast of Crete.

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Islands of Greece by size

The following are the largest Greek islands listed by surface area. The table includes all islands of over 75 square miles (190 km2).

Island Area
(sq. miles)		 (km²)
1 Crete 3219 8336
2 Euboea 1417 3670
3 Lesbos 630 1633
4 Rhodes 541 1401
5 Chíos 325 842.3
6 Cephalonia 302 781
7 Corfu 229 592.9
8 Lemnos 184 477.6
9 Samos 184 477.4
10 Naxos 166 429.8
11 Zakynthos 157 406
12 Thassos 147 380.1
13 Andros 147 380.0
14 Lefkada 117 303
15 Karpathos 116 300
16 Kos 112 290.3
17 Kythira 108 279.6
18 Icaria 99 255
19 Skyros 81 209
20 Paros 75 195
21 Tinos 75 194

Saronic Islands

Main article: Saronic Islands

Inhabited islands

Uninhabited islands

This list includes islands that may have been inhabited in the past but are now uninhabited:

The Northern Sporades

Main article: Sporades

Main islands

Other islands and islets

The Ionian Islands

Main article: Ionian Islands

Main seven

Others

The Dodecanese Islands

Main article: Dodecanese
164 total islands of which 26 are inhabited.
  • Leipsoi
  • Leros
  • Levitha
  • Makronisi Leipson
  • Makronissi Kasou
  • Makry Aspronisi Leipson
  • Makry Halkis
  • Marmaras
  • Mavra Levithas
  • Megalo Aspronisi Leipson
  • Megalo Glaronisi
  • Megalo Sofrano
  • Mesonisi Seirinas
  • Mikro Glaronisi
  • Mikro Sofrano
  • Nero
  • Nimos
  • Nisyros
  • Paheia Nisyrou
  • Patmos
  • Pergoussa
  • Piganoussa

Aegean Islands

Main article: Aegean islands

Of the Aegean Sea

Of the Thracian Sea

The Cyclades

Main article: Cyclades
Cyclades comprise around 220 islands

Main islands

Other islands and islets

Cretan islands

This is a list of islands, islets, and rocks that surround the island of Crete.

Of the Aegean Sea

Of the Libyan Sea

Euboea and surrounding islands

Islets close to mainland

See also

References

  1. ^ The Greek National Tourism organisation Greek Islands
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