Place:Dodecanese, South Aegean, Greece

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NameDodecanese
Alt namesDhodhekánisossource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Dodekanisousource: Family History Library Catalog
Sporadessource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1149
Sporádhes departmentsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypePrefecture
Coordinates36.833°N 27.083°E
Located inSouth Aegean, Greece
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Afándou
Andimákhia
Apolakkiá
Archangelos
Arkhángelos
Arnithi
Asklepios
Astipálaia
Ayía Marína
Faliraki
Kalavárdha
Kameiros
Kardhámaina
Kattaviá
Kos
Koskinou
Kálimnos
Kárpathos
Kéfalos
Líndhos
Megálo Khorío
Patmos
Plimiri
Pyli
Rhodes
Sími
Trianta
Vroulia
Ólimbos
Unknown
Kremasti
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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The Dodecanese (; , Dodekánisa , 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 eastern limit of the Sea of Crete. They belong to the wider Southern Sporades island group.

Rhodes has been the area's dominant island since antiquity. Of the others, Kos and Patmos are historically the more important; the remaining twelve are Agathonisi, Astypalaia, Chalki, Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Leipsoi, Leros, Nisyros, Symi, Tilos, and Kastellorizo. Other islands in the chain include Alimia, Arkoi, Farmakonisi, Gyali, Kinaros, Levitha, Marathos, Nimos, Pserimos, Saria, Strongyli, Syrna and Chios.


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