Aegean Islands - Wikipedia Aegean Islands From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Group of islands Region of Greece Aegean Islands (Greece) Νήσοι Αιγαίου Region of Greece Aegean Islands (blue) within Greece Country  Greece Place in Turkey Aegean Islands (Turkey) Ege Adaları Aegean Islands (blue) within Turkey Country  Turkey Aegean Sea Islands map showing island groups Satellite view of the Aegean Sea and Islands The Aegean Islands (Greek: Νησιά Αιγαίου, romanized: Nisiá Aigaíou; Turkish: Ege Adaları) 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 applied to the islands it contains and is now used more generally, to refer to any island group. The vast majority of the Aegean Islands belong to Greece, being split among nine administrative regions. The only sizable possessions of Turkey in the Aegean Sea are Imbros (Gökçeada) and Tenedos (Bozcaada), in the northeastern part of the Sea. Various smaller islets off Turkey's western coast are also under Turkish sovereignty. The islands have hot summers and mild winters, a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Cfa in the Köppen climate classification). Contents 1 Groups of Islands 2 Episcopal sees 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Groups of Islands[edit] The Aegean Islands are traditionally subdivided into seven groups, from north to south: Northeastern Aegean Islands (Thracian Sea) West Aegean Islands (Euboea) Sporades (Northern) Cyclades Saronic Islands (Argo-Saronic Islands) Dodecanese (Southern Sporades) Crete The term Italian Islands of the Aegean (Italian: Isole Italiane dell’Egeo) is sometimes used to refer to the Aegean islands conquered by Italy during the Italo-Turkish War in 1912 and annexed (through the Treaty of Lausanne) from 1923 until 1947: the Dodecanese, including Rhodes and Kastellorizo. In the Treaty of Peace in 1947, these Italian-controlled islands were ceded to Greece. Episcopal sees[edit] Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Insulae (the Aegean Islands) listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees :[1] Astypalaea Carpathus Cos Ios Lemnus Lerus Nisyrus Parus Samos Scyrus Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Lesbos (the Aegean Islands) listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[1] Eressus Methymna Mitylene Strongyle Tenedus See also[edit] List of Aegean Islands List of islands of Greece List of islands of Turkey References[edit] ^ a b Annuario Pontificio 2013 (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2013 ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013 Aegean Sea, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05. External links[edit] Media related to Islands of the Aegean Sea at Wikimedia Commons v t e Traditional geographic regions of Greece Aegean Islands Central Greece (Attica) Crete Epirus Ionian Islands Macedonia Peloponnese Thessaly Thrace v t e Aegean Sea General Countries  Greece  Turkey Other Aegean civilizations Aegean dispute Aegean Islands Aegean Islands Cyclades Ananes Amorgos Anafi Andros Antimilos Antiparos Delos Despotiko Donousa Folegandros Gyaros Ios Irakleia Kardiotissa Kea Keros Kimolos Koufonisia Kythnos Milos Mykonos Naxos Paros Polyaigos Rineia Santorini Schoinoussa Serifopoula Serifos Sifnos Sikinos Syros Therasia Tinos Vous Dodecanese Agathonisi Arkoi Armathia Alimia Astakida Astypalaia Çatalada Chamili Farmakonisi Gaidaros Gyali Halki Imia/Kardak Kalolimnos Kalymnos Kandelioussa Kara Ada Karpathos Kasos Kinaros Kos Küçük Tavşan Adası Leipsoi (Lipsi) Leros Levitha (Lebynthos) Nimos Nisyros Pacheia Patmos Platy Pserimos Rhodes Salih Ada Saria Symi Syrna Telendos Tilos Zaforas North Aegean Agios Efstratios Agios Minas Ammouliani Ayvalık Islands Büyük Ada Chios Chryse Cunda Foça Islands Fournoi Korseon Icaria Imbros Koukonesi Lemnos Lesbos Megalonisi (Nisiopi) Metalik Ada Oinousses Pasas Psara Samiopoula Samos Samothrace Tenedos Thasos Thymaina Uzunada Zourafa Saronic Aegina Agios Georgios Agistri Dokos Hydra Poros Psyttaleia Salamis Spetses Sporades Adelfoi Islets Agios Georgios Skopelou Alonnisos Argos Skiathou Dasia Erinia Gioura Grammeza Kyra Panagia Lekhoussa Peristera Piperi Psathoura Repi Sarakino Skandili Skantzoura Skiathos Skopelos Skyropoula Skyros Tsoungria Valaxa Cretan Afentis Christos Agia Varvara Agioi Apostoloi Agioi Pantes Agioi Theodoroi Agios Nikolaos Anavatis Arnaouti Aspros Volakas Avgo Crete Daskaleia Dia Diapori Dionysades Elasa Ftena Trachylia Glaronisi Gramvousa Grandes Kalydon (Spinalonga) Karavi Karga Katergo Kavallos Kefali Kolokythas Koursaroi Kyriamadi Lazaretta Leon Mavros Mavros Volakas Megatzedes Mochlos Nikolos Palaiosouda Peristeri Peristerovrachoi Petalida Petalouda Pontikaki Pontikonisi Praso (Prasonisi) Prosfora Pseira Sideros Souda Valenti Vryonisi Other Antikythera Euboea Kythira Makronisos Authority control LCCN: sh85001233 NARA: 10044382 NDL: 00561768 NKC: ge139351 VIAF: 252680661 WorldCat Identities: viaf-252680661 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aegean_Islands&oldid=982832300" Categories: Aegean islands Mediterranean islands Traditional geographic divisions of Greece Archipelagoes of Greece Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Pages using infobox settlement with bad settlement type Articles containing Greek-language text Pages using infobox settlement with no coordinates Articles containing Turkish-language text Instances of Lang-el using second unnamed parameter Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Articles containing Italian-language text Commons category link is on Wikidata Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NARA identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Languages العربية Беларуская Български Cebuano Dansk Eesti Ελληνικά Español Euskara Français Galego 한국어 हिन्दी Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Jawa Lietuvių Magyar Македонски മലയാളം 日本語 Norsk bokmål Norsk nynorsk Oʻzbekcha/ўзбекча پنجابی Polski Português Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 16:50 (UTC). 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