# The 20 largest islands of Greece

At 8,336 square kilometres, Crete is the largest Greek island, followed by Euboea, Lesbos and Rhodes. Greece's 20 largest islands by area, from the Ionian Islands and the Cyclades to the Dodecanese and the North Aegean.

- 6 votes · 20 items
- Dec 17, 2022 · Dimitris Alexiou
- https://even.best/en/l/5459/the-20-largest-islands-of-greece

## Top 20

1. **Chios** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — No. 5. 842.3 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
2. **Crete** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 1. 8,336 km². Group: Crete. The largest Greek island.
3. **Samos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 9. 477.4 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
4. **Thasos** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 12. 380.1 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
5. **Paros** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — No. 20. 195 km². Group: Cyclades.
6. **Euboea** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 2. 3,670 km². Group: Euboea.
7. **Lesbos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 3. 1,633 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
8. **Rhodes** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 4. 1,401 km². Group: Dodecanese.
9. **Kefalonia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 6. 781 km². Group: Ionian Islands.
10. **Corfu** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 7. 592.9 km². Group: Ionian Islands.
11. **Lemnos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 8. 477.6 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
12. **Naxos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 10. 429.8 km². Group: Cyclades.
13. **Zakynthos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 11. 406 km². Group: Ionian Islands.
14. **Andros** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 13. 380.0 km². Group: Cyclades.
15. **Lefkada** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 14. 303 km². Group: Ionian Islands.
16. **Karpathos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 15. 300 km². Group: Dodecanese.
17. **Kos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 16. 290.3 km². Group: Dodecanese.
18. **Kythira** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 17. 279.6 km². Group: Ionian Islands.
19. **Ikaria** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 18. 255 km². Group: North Aegean Islands.
20. **Skyros** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — No. 19. 209 km². Group: Sporades.

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