List of islands of Greece

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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. The second largest island in area is Euboea or Evvia, which is separated from the mainland by the 60m-wide Euripus Strait, and is administered as part of the Central Greece region. After the third and fourth largest Greek islands, Lesbos and Rhodes, the rest of the islands are two-thirds of the area of Rhodes, or smaller.

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 southeast between Crete and Turkey; the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of Euboea; and the Ionian Islands, chiefly located to the west of the mainland in the Ionian Sea. Crete with its surrounding islets and Euboea are traditionally excluded from this grouping.

This article excludes the Peloponnese, which has technically been an island since the construction of the Corinth Canal in 1893, but is rarely considered to be an island due to its artificial origins.

Islands of Greece by size

The following are the 40 largest Greek islands listed by surface area.

	Island	Greek name	Area (miles²)	Area (km²)	Cluster
1	Crete	Κρήτη	3,219	8,336	Cretan
2	Evia	Εύβοια	1,417	3,670	Euboean
3	Lesbos	Λέσβος	630	1,633	North Aegean Islands
4	Rhodes	Ρόδος	541	1,401	Dodecanese
5	Chíos	Χίος	325	842.3	North Aegean Islands
6	Kefalonia	Κεφαλονιά	302	781	Ionian Islands
7	Corfu	Κέρκυρα	229	592.9	Ionian Islands
8	Lemnos	Λήμνος	184	477.6	North Aegean Islands
9	Samos	Σάμος	184	477.4	North Aegean Islands
10	Naxos	Νάξος	166	429.8	Cyclades
11	Zakynthos	Ζάκυνθος	157	406	Ionian Islands
12	Thassos	Θάσος	147	380.1	North Aegean Islands
13	Andros	Άνδρος	147	380.0	Cyclades
14	Lefkada	Λευκάδα	117	303	Ionian Islands
15	Karpathos	Κάρπαθος	116	300	Dodecanese
16	Kos	Κως	112	290.3	Dodecanese
17	Kythira	Κύθηρα	108	279.6	Ionian Islands
18	Icaria	Ικαρία	99	255	North Aegean Islands
19	Skyros	Σκύρος	81	209	Sporades
20	Paros	Πάρος	75	195	Cyclades
21	Tinos	Τήνος	75	194	Cyclades
22	Samothrace	Σαμοθράκη	69	178	North Aegean Islands
23	Milos	Μήλος	58	151	Cyclades
24	Kea	Κέα	51	132	Cyclades
25	Amorgos	Αμοργός	47	121	Cyclades
26	Kalymnos	Κάλυμνος	42.5	110	Dodecanese
27	Ios	Ίος	41.7	108	Cyclades
28	Kythnos	Κύθνος	38.4	99.4	Cyclades
29	Astypalaia	Αστυπάλαια	37.2	96.4	Dodecanese
30	Ithaca	Ιθάκη	37.1	96.2	Ionian Islands
31	Salamis	Σαλαμίνα	37.1	96.2	Argo-Saronic
32	Skopelos	Σκόπελος	37.1	96.2	Sporades
33	Mykonos	Μύκονος	33.0	85.5	Cyclades
34	Syros	Σύρος	32.0	83.6	Cyclades
35	Aegina	Αίγινα	31.9	82.6	Argo-Saronic
36	Santorini	Σαντορίνη	29.4	76.2	Cyclades
37	Serifos	Σέριφος	29.0	75.2	Cyclades
38	Sifnos	Σίφνος	28.6	73.9	Cyclades
39	Kasos	Κάσος	26.8	69.5	Dodecanese
40	Alonnisos	Αλόννησος	24.7	64.1	Sporades

Islands of Greece by population

Island	Population
Crete	636,504
Evia	191,206
Rhodes	125,113
Lesbos	83,755
Corfu	102,071
Chios	50,361
Zakynthos	41,180
Salamis	37,220
Kos	37,089
Kefalonia	36,064
Samos	32,642
Lefkada	21,900
Syros	21,507
Naxos	20,578
Lemnos	16,411
Kalymnos	17,752
Santorini	15,480
Thasos	13,104
Paros	14,520
Aegina	12,911
Mykonos	10,704
Tinos	8,934
Andros	8,826
Icaria	8,843
Leros	7,992
Skiathos	5,802
Aitoliko	4,935
Karpathos	6,567
Milos	5,302
Skopelos	4,518
Kythira	3,644
Ithaca	2,862
Patmos	3,283
Skyros	3,052
Samothrace	2,596
Sifnos	2,777
Alonnisos	3,138
Symi	2,603
Kea	2,335
Paxos	2,466
Poros	3,261
Spetses	3,748

Islands of the Aegean Sea

Argo-Saronic Islands

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This list includes Argo-Saronic islands, which are located in the Saronic Gulf. The largest Argo-Saronic island is Salamis. The main islands are in bold. Uninhabited islands are indicated, including those that may have been inhabited in the past: