East Aegean Islands
The designation East Aegean Islands covers the easternmost Greek Islands of the Aegean Sea. The Eastern Aegean islands group is, like the Dodecanese, much closer to Turkey than to the Greek mainland.Photo: Karelj, Public domain.
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Lesvos and Samos.
Lesvos
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.
Samos
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Samos is an island in the North Aegean Sea and one of the East Aegean Islands. Its capital is the town of Samos, formerly known as Vathi. The Samians still call their capital Vathi instead of Samos.
Mytilene
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Mytilene is the capital of the Greek island of Lesbos, and its port. It is also the capital and administrative center of the North Aegean Region, and hosts the headquarters of the University of the Aegean.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Chios and Ikaria.
Chios
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Chios is a region of Greece, an island in the Aegean Sea 8 km off the Turkish coasts. The population is about 54,000, with an area of 904 km². Chios or Chora is a port and the island's chief town.
Ikaria
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Ikaria is an island in the North Aegean Sea and one of the East Aegean Islands. Ikaria is west of Samos and south of Chios. Its capital is the town of Agios Kirikos.
Fourni
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Fournoi Korseon is a Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Fourni contains a well-known archaeological site for the Minoan civilisation. The cemetery at Fourni is perhaps the most important discovered Minoan burial site to date.
East Aegean Islands
- Type: island group
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Anatolian Sporades”
- Location: Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of center
38.4° or 38° 24′ northLongitude of center
26.0167° or 26° 1′ 0″ eastWikidata ID
Q667536
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“East Aegean Islands” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Şərqi Sporadlar”
- Belarusian: “Усходнеэгейскія астравы”
- Belarusian: “Усходнія Спарады”
- Czech: “Východoegejské ostrovy”
- Dutch: “Oost-Egeïsche Eilanden”
- French: “Égée-Orientale”
- German: “Ostägäische Inseln”
- Greek: “Ανατολικό Αιγαίο”
- Greek: “Νησιά ανατολικού Αιγαίου”
- Hebrew: “האיים המזרחיים של הים האגאי”
- Italian: “Sporadi anatoliche”
- Northern Frisian: “Uastägäisk Eilunen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Øst-egeiske øyer”
- Russian: “Восточно-эгейские острова”
- Russian: “Восточные Спорады”
- Russian: “Восточные эгейские острова”
- Russian: “Острова Восточного Эгейского мор”
- Slovak: “Východoegejské ostrovy”
- Ukrainian: “Східні Споради”
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