Aegean Islands
Aegean Islands
(Greece) Νήσοι Αιγαίου Nísoi Aigaíou | |
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Region of Greece | |
Country | Greece |
Aegean Islands
(Turkey) Ege Adaları | |
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Country | Turkey |
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 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
The islands have hot summers and mild winters, a
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
Episcopal sees
Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Insulae (the Aegean Islands) listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees :[2]
Ancient episcopal sees of the Roman province of Lesbos (the Aegean Islands) listed in the Annuario Pontificio as titular sees:[2]
See also
Notes
References
- ^ (Greek: Νησιά Αιγαίου, romanized: Nisiá Aigaíou; Turkish: Ege Adaları)
- ^ ISBN 978-88-209-9070-1), "Sedi titolari", pp. 819-1013
- Aegean Sea, The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–05.
External links
- Media related to Islands of the Aegean Sea at Wikimedia Commons