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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