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Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2]
The Egremnoi sand beach in the Greek island of Lefkada, noted for its blue crystal waters, [3] is a popular tourist destination. Greece attracted as many as 33 million visitors in 2023 making it the 10th most visited country in the world. [4] Greece is one of Europe's most popular LGBT tourist destinations.
Symi island seen from above, with Turkey in the background. Symi is part of the Dodecanese island chain, located about 41 kilometres (25 miles) north-northwest of Rhodes and 425 km (264 mi) from Piraeus, the port of Athens, with 58.1 square kilometres (22.4 sq mi) of mountainous terrain.
Syros (Greek: Σύρος), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens. The area of the island is 83.6 km 2 (32 sq mi) and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. [1] The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Vari .
Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands. The Aegean Islands [a] are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast.
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.