List of islands of Greece


has many islands, with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 to 6,000, depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 and 227.
The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea. The second largest island in area is Euboea or Evvia, which is separated from the mainland by the 60 m wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the Central Greece region. After the third and fourth largest Greek islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.
The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Saronic Islands in the Saronic Gulf near Athens; the Cyclades, a large but dense collection occupying the central part of the Aegean Sea; the North Aegean islands, a loose grouping off the west coast of Turkey; the Dodecanese, another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey; the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea; and the Ionian Islands, chiefly located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea. Crete with its surrounding islets and Euboea are traditionally excluded from this grouping.
Some Greek islands are often located off the coasts of modern countries whose shores were already inhabited by Greeks before antiquity, such as the coasts of Asia Minor and northern Epirus. It was only in the 20th century that the displacement of Greek populations led to a change in the ethnic landscape: today, Greek-populated islands are situated near regions now inhabited by other ethnic groups, such as in Turkey and southern Albania.
This article excludes the Peloponnese, which has technically been an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893, but is rarely considered to be an island due to its artificial origins.

Islands of Greece by size

The following are the 50 largest Greek islands listed by surface area.
IslandGreek nameArea
Area
Cluster
1CreteΚρήτηCretan-
2EuboeaΕύβοιαEuboean-
3LesbosΛέσβοςNorth Aegean Islands-
4RhodesΡόδοςDodecanese-
5ChíosΧίοςNorth Aegean Islands-
6KefaloniaΚεφαλονιάIonian Islands-
7CorfuΚέρκυραIonian Islands-
8LemnosΛήμνοςNorth Aegean Islands-
9SamosΣάμοςNorth Aegean Islands-
10NaxosΝάξοςCyclades-
11ZakynthosΖάκυνθοςIonian Islands-
12ThasosΘάσοςNorth Aegean Islands-
13AndrosΆνδροςCyclades-
14LefkadaΛευκάδαIonian Islands-
15KarpathosΚάρπαθοςDodecanese-
16KosΚωςDodecanese-
17KythiraΚύθηραIonian Islands-
18IkariaΙκαρίαNorth Aegean Islands-
19SkyrosΣκύροςSporades-
20ParosΠάροςCyclades-
21TinosΤήνοςCyclades-
22SamothraceΣαμοθράκηNorth Aegean Islands-
23MilosΜήλοςCyclades-
24KeaΚέαCyclades-
25AmorgosΑμοργόςCyclades-
26KalymnosΚάλυμνοςDodecanese-
27IosΊοςCyclades-
28KythnosΚύθνοςCyclades-
29AstypalaiaΑστυπάλαιαDodecanese-
30IthacaΙθάκηIonian Islands-
31SalamisΣαλαμίναArgo-Saronic-
32SkopelosΣκόπελοςSporades-
33MykonosΜύκονοςCyclades-
34SyrosΣύροςCyclades-
35AeginaΑίγιναArgo-Saronic-
36SantoriniΣαντορίνηCyclades-
37SerifosΣέριφοςCyclades-
38SifnosΣίφνοςCyclades-
39KasosΚάσοςDodecanese-
40AlonnisosΑλόννησοςSporades-
41TilosΤήλοςDodecanese-
42SymiΣύμηDodecanese-
43LerosΛέροςDodecanese-
44HydraΎδραArgo-Saronic-
45SkiathosΣκιάθοςSporades-
46Agios EfstratiosΆγιος ΕυστράτιοςNorth Aegean Islands-
47SikinosΣίκινοςCyclades-
48NisyrosΝίσυροςDodecanese-
49PsaraΨαράNorth Aegean Islands-
50AnafiΑνάφηCyclades-

Islands of Greece by population

Islands of the Aegean Sea

Argo-Saronic Islands

This list includes Argo-Saronic islands
, which are located in the Saronic Gulf. The largest Argo-Saronic island is Salamis. The main islands are in bold. Uninhabited islands are indicated, including those that may have been inhabited in the past:
The two lists below show the islands, islets, and rocks that surround the island of Crete that are in the Aegean Sea or Libyan Sea.

Cretan islands of the Aegean Sea

Islands on the south coast of Crete are considered in the Libyan Sea.
The Cyclades islands comprise around 220 islands and islets. The main islands are indicated in bold below.
  • Ágios Nikólaos,
  • Prasíni,
  • Strongyló,
  • Amorgos,
  • Ananes,
  • Anafi,
  • Andros,
  • Aniros
  • Ano Antikeros
  • Antimilos,
  • Antiparos,
  • Anydros Amorgou
  • Askania,
  • Christiana,
  • Delos,
  • Despotiko,
  • Donousa,
  • Eschati,
  • Folegandros,
  • Glaronisi,
  • Gyaros,
  • Hristiana
  • Htapodia Mykonou
  • Ios,
  • Iraklia,
  • Kalogiros
  • Kardiotissa,
  • Kato Antikeros,
  • Kato Koufonisi,
  • Kea,
  • Keros,
  • Kimolos,
  • Kitriani,
  • Koufonisia,
  • Kramvonisi
  • Kythnos,
  • Liadi Island,
  • Makares,
  • Makronissos,
  • Megalo,
  • Milos,
  • Mykonos,
  • Naxos,
  • Nea Kameni,
  • Nikouria,
  • Nisida Prasini,
  • Ofidousa,
  • Pahia Anaphis
  • Palea Kameni,
  • Paros,
  • Polyaigos,
  • Rhineia,
  • Saliagos,
  • Santorini,
  • Schoinoussa,
  • Serifopoula,
  • Serifos,
  • Sifnos,
  • Sikinos,
  • Skilonisi,
  • Stroggyli Parou,
  • Syros,
  • Therasia,
  • Tinos,
  • Vous,
  • Vrachoi Bouvais,