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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] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the southern edge of the Aegean Sea.
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.
Crete ( / kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south of ...
Greece, [ a ] officially the Hellenic Republic, [ b ] is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and ...
The island of Rhodes is shaped like a spearhead, 79.7 km (49.5 mi) long and 38 km (24 mi) across at its widest, with a total area of approximately 1,400 km 2 (541 sq mi) and a coastline of approximately 220 km (137 mi). Limestone is the main bedrock. [ 43 ] The city of Rhodes is located at the northern tip of the island, as well as the site of ...
Gavdos is the southernmost island in Greece and all of Europe. The island has a borderline hot semi-arid climate ( Köppen climate classification : BSh ). Summers are constantly hot, with daily temperatures reaching around 33 °C (91 °F) in July and August.
Area code (s) 225x0. Lesbos or Lesvos ( Greek: Λέσβος, romanized :Lésvos [ˈlezvos]) is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It has an area of 1,633 km 2 (631 sq mi), [ 2 ] with approximately 400 kilometres (249 miles) of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece and the eighth largest in the Mediterranean.
Corfu ( / kɔːrˈf ( j) uː / kor-FEW, -FOO, US also / ˈkɔːrf ( j) uː / KOR-few, -foo) or Kerkyra ( Greek: Κέρκυρα, romanized : Kérkyra, pronounced [ˈcercira] ⓘ) [ a] is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, [ 1] and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the nation's northwestern ...