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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]
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. [ Note 1] Since World War II, the vast majority of the islands and islets are in Greek territory with notable exception being the Turkish islands/islets ...
Henry Hudson (c.1565–c.1611) explored what is now New York and northeastern Canada. Today he has both a river and bay named after him. Abel Tasman (1603–1659) was a Dutch seafarer who was the first known European to sight the islands of Tasmania (named after him), New Zealand, and Fiji (1642–43). James Cook (1728–1779).
Archipelagos of the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia and Gulf of Finland : Åland. Archipelago Sea. Beryozovye Islands. Blekinge Archipelago. Bothnian Bay archipelago [ 1] Haparanda archipelago [ 2] Kalix archipelago [ 3]
Berges Institute. Retrieved 27 May 2023. Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, and it is an official language, either de facto (in practice) or de jure (by law) in 20 countries. Spanish is also an official language in Puerto Rico, Gibraltar, the United Nations, the African Union, and the Organization of American States.
The Aegean Islands[ a][ 1] 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 ...
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Croatia, Italy, France, Greece ...
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 2024 Ship State Description Bonhomie Williams United Kingdom: The 15-metre (49 ft) sailboat was sunk by orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar 2 miles (3.2 km) off Camarinal Cape, between Tarifa and Barbate, Spain. The owner and two crew on board were rescued by the Spanish coast guard vessel Salvamar Enif. [105]