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The Greek islands are traditionally grouped into the following clusters: the Argo-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 ...
The Ionian Sea, view from the island Kefalonia, Greece The Ionian Sea, as seen from Corfu Island, Greece, and with Saranda, Albania in the background. The Ionian Sea (Modern Greek: Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, romanized: Iónio Pélagos, IPA: [iˈoni.o ˈpelaɣos]; [a] Italian: Mar Ionio or Mar Jonio, IPA: [mar ˈjɔːnjo]; [b] Albanian: Deti Jon, IPA: [ˈdɛti ˈjɔn]) is an elongated bay of ...
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The British royal arms surrounded by the emblems of the seven Ionian Islands. From top, clockwise: Corfu, Zakynthos, Ithaca, Paxos, Kythira, Lefkada, Cephalonia. The United States of the Ionian Islands was a federation. It included seven island states, each of which was allocated a number of seats in the parliament, the Ionian Senate:
rm Macedonia label, not important to the map and avoids POV issue: 20:17, 20 December 2006: 532 × 547 (258 KB) Electionworld {{ew|en|IMeowbot}} == Summary == Map of the Ionian Islands off Greece. Original vector data taken from the 2006 CIA World Factbook map of Europe. All modifications were made by me, and are free for anyone to use for any ...
Map of Homeric Greece based on the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad (right-click on map to enlarge). The locations mentioned in the narratives of Odysseus's adventures have long been debated. Events in the main sequence of the Odyssey take place in the Peloponnese and in what are now called the Ionian Islands (Ithaca and its neighbours).
A c. 1690 Venetian map of Isola di Corfu : posseduta dalla Serenissima Republica di Venetia. The map shows the fortresses of Corfu surrounded by wreaths and ribbons. Angelokastro is indicated as "Castello S. Angelo" in a ribbon below the top right wreath of the map. The Islands were referred to, both individually and collectively, by various names.
The Diapontian Islands or Diapontia Islands (Greek: Διαπόντια Νησιά, romanized: Diapóntia Nisiá, also known as Othonoi Islands (Greek: Νήσοι Οθωνοί, romanized: Nísoi Othonoí) [1] are a Greek island group in the Ionian Sea. They are located northwest of Corfu.