List of Islands of Greece - Islands of Greece By Size

Islands of Greece By Size

The following are the largest Greek islands listed by surface area. The table includes all islands of over 75 square miles (190 km2).

Island Area
(sq. miles)		 (km²)
1 Crete 3219 8336
2 Euboea 1417 3670
3 Lesbos 630 1633
4 Rhodes 541 1401
5 Chíos 325 842.3
6 Cephalonia 302 781
7 Corfu 229 592.9
8 Lemnos 184 477.6
9 Samos 184 477.4
10 Naxos 166 429.8
11 Zakynthos 157 406
12 Thassos 147 380.1
13 Andros 147 380.0
14 Lefkada 117 303
15 Karpathos 116 300
16 Kos 112 290.3
17 Kythira 108 279.6
18 Icaria 99 255
19 Skyros 81 209
20 Paros 75 195
21 Tinos 75 194

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