Crete
Crete — Κρήτη in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 8,260 km², and 624,408 people live there all year.
Crete in numbers
| Greek name | Κρήτη |
|---|---|
| Region | Crete |
| Residents | 624,408 |
| Land area | about 8,260 km² |
| Size | 1st largest of the 89 |
| Population | 1st most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Crete
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Antikythera | Αντικύθηρα | 33 |
| Gavdos | Γαύδος | 36 |
| Kasos | Κάσος | 49 |
| Kythira | Κύθηρα | 75 |
| Santorini | Σαντορίνη | 109 |
The named rocks off Crete
Open coastline data records 57 named islets in the water around Crete. All of them:
Afendis Christos · Agia Varvara · Agii Pandes · Agii Theodori North · Agioi Theodoroi · Agios Nikolaos · Agria Gramvousa · Agriomandra · Anavatis · Avgo · Chrissi · Daskalia · Dia · Diapori · Divounia 1 · Divounia 2 · Dragonara · Elafonisi · Elasa · Fotia · Gianysada · Grandes · Grandes East · Grandes West · Karga · Katergo · Kavallos · Kefali · Kolokytha · Konida · Kymo · Kyriamadi · Lazaretta · Leon · Loutro · Mavros · Megalo Paximadi · Megalonisi · Mikro Paximadi · Mikronisi · Mikronisi · Mikronisi · Nisoplaka · Paleosouda · Papadoplaka · Paximadaki · Petalida · Praso · Prasonisi · Prasonisi · Psira · Schistonisi · Sideros · Souda · Spinalonga Peninsula · Trafos · Vryonisi
Crete on the checklist
Visiting all 2 islands in Crete earns the region's own badge.
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