The Sea of Crete' (Greek: Κρητικό Πέλαγος Kritiko Pelagos) is the sea south of the Aegean Sea, north of the island Crete, and south of the Cyclades. The sea also stretches from Kythera east to the Dodecanese islands of Karpathos and Kassos. The bounding seas to the west are the Ionian Sea as well as the rest of the Mediterranean Sea. Ferry routes to and from Piraeus, as well as the southern islands of the Aegean and the Dodecanese, run in this area. The Aegean Sea. ... Crete (Greek Κρήτη Kriti; called Candia in the Venetian period and Turkish: Girit) is the largest of the Greek islands and the fifth largest in the Mediterranean Sea. ... 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. ... Kythira, also seen as Kythera, Cythera or Tsirigo, is an island, one of the Ionian Islands. ... The Dodecanese (Greek: Δωδεκάνησα, Dodekánisa, meaning twelve islands) are a group of Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, off the southwest coast of Turkey. ... Karpathos (Greek Κάρπαθος, 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. ... The Ionian Sea. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... View of Piraeus A night ferry about to leave the port of Piraeus for the Dodecanese Piraeus, or Peiraeus (Modern Greek: Πειραιάς Peiraiás or Pireás, Ancient Greek / Katharevousa: Πειραιεύς Pireéfs) is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, located south of Athens. ...

Port towns and cities

• Kastelli-Kissamos, southwest
• Chania, southwest
• Souda, south-southwest
• Rethymno, south
• Heraklio, south
• Agios Nikolaos, southeast
• Sitia, southeast
• Kassos (Fry), southeast
• Anafi, northeast
• Thira, north

Chania (IPA , Greek: Χανιά, also transliterated as Hania or Khania, older form and Italian: Canea, Godart and Olivier abbreviation: KH) is the second city of Crete and the capital of the Chania Prefecture. ... Souda (Greek: Σούδα) is a town and municipality of the Greek island of Crete, in the prefecture of Chania. ... Rethymno (IPA ), also Rethimno, older form: Rethymnon) (Greek, Modern: Ρέθυμνο), a city of approximately 30,000 people, is the capital of Rethymno Prefecture in the island of Crete, Greece. ... For the village in Corinthia, see Heraklion, Corinthia. ... Agios Nikolaos is Greek (Aγιος Nικολαος) and means Saint Nicholas. ... Sitias harbor Sitia is a port town in the far east of Crete. ...

Bays

• Chania Bay, south
• Souda Bay, southeast
• Almyros Bay, south
• Mirabelli Bay, southeast