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List of Aegean Islands

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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 exceptions being Imbros, Tenedos, Cunda, Uzunada, the Rabbit Islands, and other small islets that are part of Turkish territory. 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]

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Aegean Sea with island groups
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Extent of the Aegean Sea
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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.

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The Saronic Islands

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

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

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Notes

  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. Cunda Island is also called Alibey Island (Turkish: Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası). It is located in Balıkesir Province, Turkey
  3. Imbros or İmroz, officially Gökçeada in Turkish since 29 July 1970 is an Aegean Island in Çanakkale Province, Turkey
  4. Rabbit Islands are Tavşan Adaları or Karayer Adaları in Turkish. They are located in Çanakkale Province, Turkey
  5. Tenedos is a Turkish island in Çanakkale Province. The Turkish name is Bozcaada
  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. 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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