Dodecanese Islands Greece Map

They name dodecanese means 12 islands from the greek dodeca (twelve) and nisia (islands). The dodecanese islands have a total area of 2579,275 square kilometers. Δωδεκάνησα, dodekánisa [ðoðeˈkanisa], literally twelve islands) are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller greek islands in the southeastern aegean sea and eastern mediterranean, off the coast of turkey's anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited.this island group generally defines the.

The dodecanese islands have a total area of 2579,275 square kilometers. The total population of the dodecanese prefecture reaches 190,071 inhabitants. Rhodes is the crusader isle in greece, steeped in ancient history and boasting 300 days of blue skies each year.

Some dodecanese islands are extremely popular, like rhodes and kos, and others have a virgin charm, like kalymnos, symi, kastelorizo, kasos, karpathos, astypalea, halki, lipsi and volcanic nisyros.

A greek soldier on the greek turkish border at evros. Greece’s thousands of islands are spread over the eastern mediterranean sea. The term dodecanese literally means 12 islands, where dodeka is the greek word for twelve. out of the total 165 islands of the island group, only 26 of these islands are inhabited. The dodecanese (literally 'twelve islands') are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller greek islands in the southeastern aegean sea, off the coast of asia minor (turkey), of which 26 are inhabited.