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List of Aegean Islands

List of Aegean Islands

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This is a list of Aegean Islands, which includes the English, Modern Greek, Ancient Greek, Latin, Medieval Latin, and Italian names for these islands in the Aegean Sea arranged by island group.[Note 1] Since World War II, the vast majority of the islands and islets are in Greek territory with notable exception being the Turkish islands/islets of Cunda, Uzunada, Rabbit Islands, Imbros, Tenedos, and other small islets off the west and south coast of Turkey. The Greek island Kastelorizo, as a member of the Dodecanese Islands, is at the furthest eastern part of the Aegean sea at the borders with Levantine Sea.[4][5][6]

Aegean Sea with island groups
Extent of the Aegean Sea

The Cyclades

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The following islands are part of the Greek Cyclades:[2][7][3]

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The Dodecanese Islands

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The following Aegean islands are part of the Greek Dodecanese islands:[12]

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The North Aegean Islands

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The North Aegean Islands include the following:[17]

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See also List of islands of Turkey#Aydın Province, List of islands of Turkey#Balıkesir Province, and List of islands of Turkey#Çanakkale Province for additional Turkish island in the North Aegean.

The Saronic Islands

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The following Aegean islands are part of the Saronic Islands:

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The Sporades

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The following Aegean islands are part of the Sporades:

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Creten and Ionian Sea islands

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The following islands are part of the Cretan islands of the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea.[Note 7]

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Euboea and surrounding islands

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The following island are on or near the island of Euboea:[28]

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Names are imported from English and Greek Wikipedia articles. References are included when known. General references for all islands include Ptolemy's The Geography and Latin translations,[1] a modern geography databased called GeoNames[2] and the Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (a Swedish geographic database).[3]
  2. [N 2]
    Cunda Island is also called Alibey Island (Turkish: Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası). It is located in Balıkesir Province, Turkey
  3. [N 3]
    Imbros or İmroz, officially Gökçeada in Turkish since 29 July 1970 is an Aegean Island in Çanakkale Province, Turkey
  4. [N 4]
    Rabbit Islands are Tavşan Adaları or Karayer Adaları in Turkish. They are located in Çanakkale Province, Turkey
  5. [N 5]
    Tenedos is a Turkish island in Çanakkale Province. The Turkish name is Bozcaada
  6. [N 6]
    Uzunada is also called Uzun Ada, Uzun Adalari, Uzun Adaları, Uzunadalar, Vrachonisides Makronisia, or Vrachonisídes Makronísia. It is located in İzmir Province, Turkey.
  7. [N 7]
    The Ionian Sea is not part of the Aegean Sea. Islands on the southern coast of Crete are part of the Libyan Sea.

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    Ptolemy. The Geography. Vol. 3.15.31.
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    "Greek Islands". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    "Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire". Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
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    "New insights into the Levantine Basin". Geo Expro. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    "Levantine Basin". Britannica. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    "Mediterranea Sea". Britannica.
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    "Greek Cyclades islands". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    Wire, Elinor De; Reyes-Pergioudakis, Dolores (2010). The Lighthouses of Greece. ISBN 9781561644520.
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    Stephanus of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. Φολέγανδρος.
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    Shipley, Graham (31 December 2019). Pseudo-Skylax's Periplous: The Circumnavigation of the Inhabited World: Text, Translation and Commentary. ISBN 9781789624977.
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    "Nisída Chtapódia". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    "Greek Dodecanese islands". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    "Astakida Kasou". Hellenica World. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
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    "EUNIS -Site factsheet for NISIDES KARPATHIOU PELAGOUS: MEGALO SOFRANO, SOCHAS, MIKRO SOFRANO, AVGO, DIVOUNIA, CHAMILI, ASTAKIDONISIA".
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    "Nisides Adelfoi". GeoNames. Retrieved December 2, 2021.
  16. [16]
    The ancient name of the Nisyros was Porphyris. Ancient walls, dating from the 5th century BC, part of the acropolis of the island, are found near Mandraki.
  17. [17]
    "Greek North Aegean islands". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 14.1.13. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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    "Alibey". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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    Strabo (1815). "Strabōnos geōgraphikōn: Biblia heptakaideka".
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    "Psathoura Gallery". Alonissos.
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    "Skyros". Thalassia.
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    "Onomasies Ths Krhths". Cretan Beaches.
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    "Elafonisi Beaches". Cretan Beaches.
  27. [27]
    "ΓΑΥΔΟΠΟΥΛΑ (Νησάκι) ΚΡΗΤΗ - GTP".
  28. [28]
    "Euboea islands". GeoNames. Retrieved December 1, 2021.
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