Lesbos Island
Lesbos, or Lesvos, is the northernmost of the East Aegean Islands of Greece, projecting out of the Asia Minor mainland. It is a birthplace of numerous poets and writers since the Greek antiquity.- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Lésvos”, “Metelino”, “Midillü”, “Midullu”, “Mitilíni”, “Mytilene”, “Mytilíni”, “Nisos Lesvos”, and “Nísos Lésvos”
- Historically known as: “Mitylene Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Paraskevi and Kerami, Lesbos.
Agia Paraskevi
Town
Photo: Nikolas74, Public domain.
Lesbos Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Lesbos, Lesvos, North Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
39.2035° or 39° 12′ 13″ north
Longitude
26.2766° or 26° 16′ 36″ east
Population
83,800
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8GF8673G+CJ
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Lesbos Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lesbos”
- Catalan: “Lesbos”
- Czech: “Lesbos”
- Danish: “Lesbos”
- Dutch: “Lesbos”
- Esperanto: “Lesbo”
- Estonian: “Lesbos”
- Finnish: “Lesvos”
- French: “Lesbos”
- Galician: “Lesbos”
- German: “Lesbos”
- Greek: “Λέσβος”
- Hebrew: “לסבוס”
- Hungarian: “Leszbosz-sziget”
- Hungarian: “Leszbosz”
- Italian: “Lesbo”
- Japanese: “レスボス島”
- Korean: “레스보스 섬”
- Latin: “Lesbos”
- Lithuanian: “Lesbas”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lesbos”
- Norwegian: “Lesbos”
- Polish: “Lesbos”
- Portuguese: “Lesbos”
- Romanian: “Lesbos”
- Russian: “Лесбос”
- Serbian: “Лезбос”
- Spanish: “Lesbos”
- Swedish: “Lesbos”
- Turkish: “Midilli Adası”
- Turkish: “Midilli”
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