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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. The ancient Greek name of the Aegean Sea, Archipelago (ἀρχιπέλαγος, archipelagos), was later ...
Aegean Sea with island groups Extent of the Aegean Sea. 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.
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 ...
Kos or Cos (/ k ɒ s, k ɔː s /; Greek: Κως) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea.Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089 (2021 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese after Rhodes. [1]
The Aegean Sea has been historically important, especially regarding the civilization of Ancient Greece, which inhabited the area around the coast of the Aegean and the Aegean islands. The Aegean islands facilitated contact between the people of the area and between Europe and Asia. Along with the Greeks, Thracians lived along the northern coasts.
Thasos or Thassos (Greek: Θάσος, Thásos) is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area. The island has an area of 380 km 2 and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate regional unit within the East Macedonia and Thrace region.
The Aegean Sea with its large number of islands is the origin of the term archipelago. The Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar. An archipelago (/ ˌ ɑːr k ə ˈ p ɛ l ə ɡ oʊ / ⓘ AR-kə-PEL-ə-goh), [1] sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands. An archipelago may be in an ocean, a sea, or ...
First part of the Roman province of the Islands, it later became part of the theme (Byzantine district) of the Aegean Sea. [10] Like other Aegean islands, it suffered Saracen raids, [10] but during the Komnenian period the island flourished due to its silk production, exporting gossamer and velvet fabrics to Western Europe. [10] [11]