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Encyclopedia > List of islands of Greece

This is a list of some of the 1400 islands of Greece, of which 227 are inhabited. Only 78 islands have more than 100 inhabitants.

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Saronic Islands

  • Aegina
  • Hydra
  • Poros
  • Spetses
  • Angistri
  • Salamina
  • Psytalleia
  • Leros Salaminos
  • Revythoussa
  • Moni Aiginas
  • Dokos
  • Spetsopoula
  • Romvi
  • Plateia
  • Psili
  • Agios Georgios
  • Patroklou
  • Fleves
  • Agios Georgios Salaminos
  • Ypsili Diaporion
  • Ypsili Argolidos
  • Agios Thomas Diaporion
  • Agios Ioannis Diaporion
  • Plateia Aiginis
  • Laousses Islets
  • Kyra Aiginis
  • Trikeri Hydras
  • Alexandros Hydras
  • Stavronisi Hydras
  • Velopoula
  • Falkonera

The Saronic Islands are so named because they lie in the Saronic Gulf just off the Greek mainland. ... Aegina (Greek: Αίγινα Egina) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 31 miles (50 km) from Athens. ... Hydra (Greek: Υδρα, IPA pronunciation: ) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece, located in the Aegean Sea between the Saronic Gulf and the Argolic Gulf. ... Poros (Greek: Πόρος) is a small Greek island-pair in the southern part of the Saronic Gulf, at a distance about 48 km (32 miles) south from Piraeus and separated from the Peloponnese by a 200-metre wide sea channel. ... Spetses (Greek, Modern: Σπέτσες, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai), older form Spetsai is an island in Greece. ... The Greek island of Salamis (Greek, Modern: Σαλάμινα Salamina, Ancient/Katharevousa: ) is the largest island in the Saronic Gulf, about 1 nautical mile off-coast from Piraeus. ... Dokos 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. ... Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ... The spiritus lenis (soft breathing) or psilon pneuma (Greek: psilón, ψιλόν) is a diacritical mark used in Greek. ... There are places that have the name Agios Georgios (Greek, Άγιος Γεώργιος, for Saint George): In Cyprus Agios Georgios/Ayyorgi, near Pegeia/Peyia In Greece Agios Georgios, a village in westcentral Achaia Agios Georgios, a suburban part of Patras near Rio. ...

North Aegean Islands

The Aegean Sea. ... The Isle of Lesbos shown just off the coast of Turkey, northwest of Izmir Lesbos (Greek: Λέσβος - Lésvos see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea; its inhabitants are called Lesvioi. ... Lemnos (mod. ... Agios Efstratios (or Αγιος Ευστράτιος in Greek), Saint Eustratius, is a very quiet, isolated, unvegetated, small isle between the greater islands of Limnos and Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea. ...

The Northern Sporades

Skiathos (Greek: Σκιάθος), Latin forms: Sciathos and Sciathus is a city and a small island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Greece. ... Skopelos is also a village in the island of Lesbos, see Skopelos (Lesbos), Greece Skopelos (Greek: Σκόπελος) is an island, a province which is better known as the Northern Sporades and a municipality in the central part of the Sporades and the northeastern part of the island. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Skyros (Greek: Σκύρος) is the southernmost island of the Sporades, a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. ... Peristera is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Psathoura is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Gioura is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Dasia also refers to dasia pneumata, plural of dasy pneuma or Spiritus asper, a diacritic mark used in the Polytonic Greek and Early Cyrillic alphabets. ... Piperi is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Kyra Panagia is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Skyropoula is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Valaxa is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Sarakino is a Greek island in the Sporades. ...

The Ionian Islands

// Headline text This article is about the group of islands west of Greece. ... Antikythera (Αντικύθηρα) is a Greek island with a land mass of 20 square kilometers, 38 kilometers south-east of Kythira. ... A beach on Antipaxos Antipaxos is a small (5 square kilometres), unspoilt Greek island about 3 kilometers to the south of Paxos. ... Pontikonisi Island in the background with the Vlaheraina Monastery in the foreground. ... A lazaretto or lazaret is a quarantine station for maritime travellers. ... Ithaca, see Ithaca (disambiguation). ... Drakonera or Dhragonára is an island of the Echinades, among the Ionian Islands group of Greece. ... Pontikos or Pondikónisi is an island of the Echinades, among the Ionian Islands group of Greece. ... Petalas or Petalá is the largest island (area 5. ... Vromonas is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallania, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia (Ancient Greek: Κεφαλληνία; Modern Greek: Κεφαλλονιά or Κεφαλονιά ), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. ... Kythira (Μodern Hellenic: Κύθηρα), also known as Cerigo (Τσιρίγο), also spelt: Kithira, Kythera, Cythera, Cerigo or Tsirigo, is an hellenic island, historically part of the Ionian Islands. ... Lefkada, or Lefkas (Greek: Modern: Λευκάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -as) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge, as well as the islands capital city. ... Paxi (Greek Παξοί, Albanian: Paksi) formerly known as Paxos and sometimes spelled Paxoi, is the smallest of the Ionian Islands. ... Zakynthos (Greek: Ζάκυνθος, also known as Zante), the third largest of the Ionian Islands, covers an area of 410 square kilometers and its coastline is roughly 123 kilometers in length. ... Strofades is a small group of Greek islands in the Ionian Islands. ... Othonoi is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Mathraki is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Ereikoussa is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Arkoudi is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Meganissi is a Greek island immediately to the east-southeast of Lefkada. ... Skorpios is an island in the Ionian Sea off the western coast of Greece. ... Kalamos is a Greek word meaning reed, from which comes stories of the Greek mythological figure Kalamos, the son of Maiandros (aka Meander), god of the Meander River. ... Kastos is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Atokos is a Greek island in the Ionian Islands. ... Makri is a Greek island, one of the Echinades, in the Ionian Islands group. ... Oxeia (also Oxiés, Oxiá, or Oxia) is a Greek island. ... Elafonissos (Greek: Ελαφόνησος) or Elafonisos is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. ...

The Dodecanese Islands (South Sporades)

163 total islands of which 26 are inhabited.
  • Agathonissi
  • Koubelonisi
  • Stroggyli
  • Farmakonisi
  • Arkoi
  • Kalovolos
  • Agreloussa
  • Anydros Patmou
  • Patmos
  • Hiliomodi Patmou
  • Tragonisi
  • Arefoussa
  • Leipsoi
  • Megalo Aspronisi Leipson
  • Makry Aspronisi Leipson
  • Kouloura Leipson
  • Makronisi Leipson
  • Halavra
  • Fragos
  • Arhangelos
  • Faradonesia
  • Leros
  • Piganoussa
  • Pitta
  • Megalo Glaronisi
  • Mikro Glaronisi
  • Kalymnos
  • Kalolimnos
  • Kalavros Kalymnou
  • Telendos
  • Nero
  • Safonidi
  • Plati Pserimou
  • Pserimos
  • Levitha
  • Mavra Levithas
  • Glaros Kinarou
  • Kinaros
  • Kos
  • Gyali
  • Nisyros
  • Pergoussa
  • Paheia Nisyrou
  • Kandeloussa
  • Tilos
  • Antitilos
  • Gaidourosnissi Tilou
  • Seirina
  • Mesonisi Seirinas
  • Adelfoi Syrnas Islets
  • Kounoupoi
  • Koutsomytis
  • Hondro
  • Astypalaia
  • Fokionissia
  • Pontikoussa
  • Symi
  • Nimos
  • Marmaras
  • Kouloundros
  • Plati Symis
  • Sesklio
  • Halki
  • Agioi Theodoroi Halkis
  • Alimia
  • Makry Halkis
  • Prasouda
  • Rodhos
  • Strogulli Kritinias
  • Htenies
  • Karavolas Rodhou
  • Prasonissi Rodhou
  • Megalo Sofrano
  • Mikro Sofrano
  • Astakida
  • Kamilonisi
  • Saria
  • Karpathos
  • Kassos
  • Armathia
  • Makronissi Kassou
  • Ro
  • Kastellorizo (Megisti)
  • Stroggyli Kastellorizou

Agathonissi Island is a small island located the most northerly point of the Dodecanese prefecture in Greece. ... Pharmakonisi, or Farmakonisi (Gr. ... Arki (Greek name: Αρκοι, Turkish name: Nergiscik adası) is a group of several small islands situated in the eastern Aegean Sea, Greece close to the Turkish Aegean Coast which is part of the dodecanese archipelago. ... Skala viewed from the Monastery of Agios Ioannis Theologos, one of the UN World Heritage Sites. ... Lipsi, viewed from the harbour Leipsoi (Greek: Λειψοί, also: Lipsi) is an island south of Samos and to the north of Leros in Greece. ... Leros (Greek: Λέρος)is a Greek island in the Dodecanese, in the southern Aegean Sea. ... Pitta may stand for: Pitta is a genus of tropical birds Pitta is one of the three dosas in ajurvedic medicine Pitta bread -- see pita (alternate spelling) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Pothia Kalymnos (Greek: Κάλυμνος, Turkish: Kilimli) is a Greek island in the south-eastern Aegean Sea. ... Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (December 15, 37 – June 9, 68), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty (54–68). ... Pserimos is a small island in the Dodecanese chain, lying between Kalymnos and Kos in front of the coast of Turkey. ... Port of Kos Archaeological site Tree of Hippocrates Roman amphitheater Kos town view Kos or Cos (, Greek Κως, Turkish İstanköy, Italian Coo; formerly Stanchio in English) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese group of islands, in the Aegean Sea, which it separates from the Gulf of Cos. ... Gyali (Greek Γυαλί, also spelled Yiali or Yali) is a volcanic Greek island in the Dodecanese, located halfway between Kos and Nisyros. ... Satellite image of Nisyros island, an active volcano Nisyros (Greek: Νίσυρος; also transliterated Nissiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a volcanic Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. ... Tílos (Greek: Τήλος; ancient form: Telos, Turkish: İlyaki) is a small Greek island located in the Aegean Sea. ... Astipalea Astipalea (or Astypalea or Astypalaia, Αστυπάλαια) is a Greek island with 1. ... Simi (Greek: Σύμη; also transliterated Syme or Symi) is a small but historic Greek island. ... Halki can refer to several different things: An island in the Aegean Sea belonging to Turkey; see Halki (Island). ... This article is about the Greek island of Rhodes. ... The name Saria can refer to a number of entities: Saria Island, an island in Greece Saria, a character from the video game The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Karpathos (Greek: Κάρπαθος, Turkish : Kerpe, Italian :Scarpanto, Latin :Carpathus; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in southeast Aegean sea. ... Kasos (also Kassos) is a Greek island in the Dodecanese. ... Ro is an a priori constructed language created by Rev. ...

The Eastern Sporades

Samos (Greek Σάμος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an island in southeastern Greece in the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Turkey. ... Agios Minas (Άγιος Μηνάς) is a municipality in the island and prefecture of Chios, Greece. ... This article is about Icaria, a Greek island. ... In Greek mythology, Hios is a love-child of Poseidon and Hiona, and is associated with the Greek island of Khios. ... Oinousses is a barren island some 5km from the Greek island of Khios as well as a community and a municipality. ... Psara (Greek: Ψαρά) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. ... Lesbos (Λέσβος) is a prefecture of Greece, part of the periphery North Aegean. ...

The Thracian Sporades

Samothrace Samothrace (in Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) is an island in Greece, in the northern Aegean Sea. ... Thasos, is the name of an island in the north of the Aegean Sea, off the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestus (now the Kara-Su). ... Lemnos (mod. ... Agios Efstratios (or Αγιος Ευστράτιος in Greek), Saint Eustratius, is a very quiet, isolated, unvegetated, small isle between the greater islands of Limnos and Lesbos in the northern Aegean Sea. ...

The Cyclades

Cyclades are comprised of around 220 islands

The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ... Andros, or Andro (Greek: )Άνδρος, an island of the Greek archipelago, the most northerly of the Cyclades, approximately 10 km (6 miles) south east of Euboea, and about 3 km (about 2 miles) north of Tinos. ... Tinos (Greek: Τήνος), or Tynos (Italian: Tine) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, part of Greece. ... Mykonos (windmills) Mykonos Mykonos (hora) Mykonos (hora) Mykonos (Greek: Μύκονος; see also List of traditional Greek place names) or Myconos is an island of Greece and one of the top tourism destinations in Europe. ... Nata is a small village in the Paphos area of southwest Cyprus. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gyaros (Greek: Γυάρος) is a arid and unpopulated Greek island of the northern Cyclades near in the islands Andros and Tinos, with an area of 23 square kilometres. ... Kea, also known as Gia (Κέα / Τζια in Greek), Tzia and Keos (Ancient: Κέως), is an island of the Cyclades archipelago, in the Aegean sea, in Greece. ... Kythnos or Kithnos (Greek: Κύθνος) is a Greek island in the Western Cyclades between Kea and Serifos. ... Piperi is a Greek island in the Sporades. ... Serifopoula is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Seriphos (or Serifos) is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, located in the western Cyclades, south of Kythnos and northwest of Siphnos. ... Vous (Translation: Ox) is a small island 2 kilometres off the coast of Serifos in The Cyclades, Greece. ... Sifnos (Greek: Σίφνος) is an island in the Cyclades complex in Greece. ... The Cyclades (Greek Κυκλάδες) are an Greek island group in the Aegean Sea, south-east of the mainland of Greece; and an administrative prefecture of Greece. ... Kimolos is an island in the Aegean Sea, at the south-west part of Cyclades at a distance of 1,6 km north-east of Milos, has 769 inhabitants (2001 Greek Census) and includes administratively the uninhabited islands Polyaigos (literally translated Many-Goats), Agios Georgios and Agios Efstathios. ... Milos (formerly Melos, and before the Athenian genocide Malos; see also List of traditional Greek place names, Greek: Μήλος, not related to the Modern Greek word μήλο = milo for apple which has the same spelling except for the trailing sigma) is a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea. ... The Cyclades (Greek Κυκλάδες) are an Greek island group in the Aegean Sea, south-east of the mainland of Greece; and an administrative prefecture of Greece. ... Pholegandros, or Folegandros, is a small Greek island of the Aegean Sea, which, together with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini, forms the southern part of the Cyclades. ... Lagousa (also Kardiotissa or Kariotissa) is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Sikinos is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Antiparos (Greek:Αντιπαρος, anc. ... The island of Delos, Carl Anton Joseph Rottmann, 1847 The island of Delos (Greek: Δήλος, Dhilos), isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, had a position as a holy sanctuary for a millennium before Olympian Greek mythology made it the birthplace of... Cisco IOS (originally Internetwork Operating System) is the operating system used on Cisco Systems routers and some network switches (those which dont use CatOS). ... Despotiko is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Antiparos (Greek:Αντιπαρος, anc. ... Paros, or Paro (Greek: Πάρος), is an island of Greece in the Aegean Sea, one of the largest of the group of the Cyclades. ... The primary use of “Naxos” is as the name of a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Satellite image of Santorini. ... Thirasia is a small Greek island west of Santorini in the Cyclades. ... Irakleia (Ηράκλεια) may refer to several places in Greece: Irakleia, Arta, a municipality in Arta Prefecture Irakleia, Elis, a village in Elis, part of Olympia, Greece Irakleia, Cyclades, an island in the Cyclades Irakleia, Serres, a municipality in Serres Prefecture Irakleia, Phthiotis, a village in Phthiotis, part of Gorgopotamos See also... Keros is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Amorgos (Greek: Αμοργος) is the easternmost island of the Greek Cyclades island group. ... Anafi is a Greek island in the Cyclades. ... Donoussa was an ancient village in the prefecture of Achaea Donoussa (Greek: Δονούσα) or Donousa, also Denousa or Denoussa, Donoussa in the ancient times, Stenosa or Spinosa. ...

Crete and surrounding islands

  • Chrysi
  • Crete
  • Dia
  • Gavdos
  • Gavdopoula
  • Paximadhia Mesaras
  • Agioi Theodoroi Chanion
  • Theodoropoula
  • Agria Gramvousa
  • Imeri Gramvousa
  • Valenti Falasarnon
  • Elafonisos Kritis
  • Koufonisi (Lefki)
  • Mikronisi Chrysis
  • Elasa
  • Gianisadha
  • Dragonadha
  • Paximadha
  • Kalydon (Spinalonga)
  • Petalidi Dia
  • Santorini/Thera

Crete (Greek Κρήτη Kriti; called Candia in the Venetian period) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... Community of Gavdos in Chania prefecture Gavdos (Greek Γαύδος) is the most southerly Greek island, located to the south of its much bigger neighbour, Crete, of which it is administratively a part, in the prefecture of Chania. ...

Euboea and surrounding islands

  • Euboea
  • Petalioi
  • Megalos Petalios
  • Mandilou
  • Hersonisi
  • Styra
  • Lithari
  • Manolia

Euboea or Negropont (Modern Greek: Εύβοια Evia, Ancient Greek Εúβοια Eúboia; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is the largest island of the Greek archipelago. ... Styra (Greek: Στύρα) is a town on the southwestern shore of Euboea, facing the eastern shore of Attica across the Euboic Gulf. ...

Islets close to mainland

  • Trikeri (Thessalia)
  • Antitrikeri (Thessalia)
  • Alatas Trikeriou
  • Proti (Peloponnisos)
  • Sapientza (Peloponnisos)
  • Schiza (Peloponnisos)
  • Ammouliani (Halkidiki)
  • Marmaras (Halkidiki)
  • Kefalonia*

See also: List of islands in the Mediterranean, List of islands[[sv:Lista över Greklands öar] Kefalonia, also known as Cephallenia, Cephallania, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia (Ancient Greek: Κεφαλληνία; Modern Greek: Κεφαλλονιά or Κεφαλονιά ), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece. ... This is a list of islands in the Mediterranean // Italian islands Italian Islands Sardinia Sicily Pelagie Islands Lampedusa Linosa Lampione Spanish islands Balearic Islands Ibiza Majorca Menorca Formentera Cabrera Greek islands Greek islands Crete Euboea Kos Rhodes Maltese islands Maltese Islands Comino Cominotto Filfla Gozo Islands of St. ... This is a list of islands in the world grouped by oceans and by continents. ...


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