List of islands in the Mediterranean
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The Mediterranean Sea basin is estimated to host more than 10,000 islands, with 2,217 islands larger than 0.01 km2. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Albania, Algeria, Croatia, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Spain, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey.
By area
By population (above 200,000)
By country
Albania
Sazan
Kunë
Ksamil Islands
Franz Joseph Island
Zvërnec Islands
Tongo Island
Stil Island
Croatia
France
Corsica
Lavezzi Islands
Cavallo Island
Frioul archipelago
Lérins Islands
Îles d'Hyères
Greece
Crete
Euboea
Gavdos
Cyclades
Dodecanese Islands
Ionian Islands
North Aegean islands
Saronic Islands
Sporades Islands
Italy
Notable Italian islands include:
Lebanon
Palm Islands
Zireh Island
Malta
Maltese Islands
Malta
Gozo
Comino
Cominotto
Filfla
St Paul's Island
Manoel Island
Fungus Rock
Montenegro
Sveti Nikola Island
Sveta Neđelja
Katič
Sveti Stefan
Ada Bojana
Stari Ulcinj
In Bay of Kotor:
Mamula
Prevlaka
Sveti Marko
Island of Our Lady of Mercy
Gospa od Škrpjela
Sveti Đorđe
Spain
Alboran
Balearic Islands
Gymnesian Islands
Mallorca
Menorca
Cabrera
Sa Dragonera
Pityusic (or Pine) Islands
Es Vedrà
Formentera
Eivissa / Ibiza
S'Espalmador
Columbretes Islands
Illa Grossa or Columbret Gran
La Ferrera
La Foradada
El Carallot
Islas Chafarinas
Isla del Congreso
Isla de Isabel II
Isla del Rey
Islas Alhucemas
Peñón de Alhucemas
Isla de Tierra
Isla de Mar
Tabarca
Illes Medes
Formigues
Mazarrón
Isla de Perejil
Isla de Santa Catalina
Syria
Arwad
Tunisia
Djerba
Kerkennah Islands
Chergui
Gharbi
Galite Islands
Zembra
Kneiss
Chikly
Plane Island
Turkey
The following are some of the most notable Turkish Aegean islands. See Turkish Aegean islands for a more complete list.
Disputed
Imia/Kardak (Greece/Turkey)
Politically divided
Cyprus (island)
Republic of Cyprus separated from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus by a UN buffer zone
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus separated from the Republic of Cyprus by a UN buffer zone)
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Sovereign Base Areas of the United Kingdom)
See also
Adriatic islands
Aegean Islands
Ionian Islands
Notes
References
External links
Duplančić Leder, T.; Ujević, T.; Čala, M. (2004). "COASTLINE LENGTHS AND AREAS OF ISLANDS IN THE CROATIAN PART OF THE ADRIATIC SEA DETERMINED FROM THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS AT THE SCALE OF 1:25.000". Geoadria. 9 (1): 5–32. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
"Population & Housing Census, 15th March 2001" (PDF) (in Greek).
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