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The next two sites listed were the Archeological site of Delphi and the Acropolis of Athens, in the following year. Five sites were added in 1988, two in 1989 and 1990 each, one in 1992, one in 1996, two in 1999, and one in 2007. The most recent site added was the Zagori Cultural Landscape, in 2023. There are no transnational sites in Greece.
The traditional geographic regions of Greece (Greek: γεωγραφικά διαμερίσματα, lit. 'geographic departments') are the country's main historical-geographic regions, and were also official administrative regional subdivisions of Greece until the 1987 administrative reform. [ 1 ]
Topographic map of Greece. Greece is located in South Eastern Europe, bordering the Ionian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. It is a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 3,000 islands. It has a total area of 131,957 km 2 (50,949 sq mi), [ 6] of which land area is 130,647 km 2 and internal waters (lakes and rivers) account for 1,310 km 2.
Orust. Hisingen. Tjörn. Other major Atlantic islands: Azores (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Madeira (Portugal) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Canary Islands (Spain) - politically and culturally associated with Europe. Faroe Islands (Denmark) Greenland (Denmark) - geographically a part of ...
Claimed Exclusive Economic Zone of Greece. Greece forms the southernmost part of the Balkan peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. It includes many small islands which vary between 1,200 and 6,000 in the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea. [ 2] The largest islands are Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios . Greece's EEZ is bordered to the west by ...
An enlargeable topographic map of Greece. Geography of Greece. Greece is: a country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Europe. Southern Europe. Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe") Time zone: Eastern European Time , Eastern European Summer Time ; Extreme points of Greece. High: Mount Olympus 2,919 m (9,577 ft)
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