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Aegean Islands

Group of islands

Field	Value
name	Aegean Islands
(Greece)
type	Geographic region of Greece
native_name	Νήσοι Αιγαίουel
image_map	Location map of AegeanIslands (Greece).svg
map_caption	Aegean Islands (blue) within Greece
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Greece
leader_title	Regional governor
parts_type	Regional units
parts_style	list
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto

(Greece) (Turkey)

'''Aegean Sea Islands''' map showing island groups

The Aegean Islands 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 (Csa in the Köppen climate classification).

Groups of islands

The Aegean Islands are traditionally subdivided into seven groups, from north to south:

Northeastern Aegean Islands
Euboea
Sporades (Northern Sporades)
Cyclades
Saronic Islands
Dodecanese (Southern Sporades)
Crete

The term Italian Islands of the Aegean () 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.

Notes

References

Sources

Aegean Sea, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–05.

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