Lesvos
Lesvos — Λέσβος in Greek — is one of the 89 islands on the Pelagos checklist. It covers about 1,630 km², and 83,755 people live there all year.
Lesvos in numbers
| Greek name | Λέσβος |
|---|---|
| Region | North Aegean Islands |
| Residents | 83,755 |
| Land area | about 1,630 km² |
| Size | 3rd largest of the 89 |
| Population | 5th most populated of the 89 |
The islands nearest to Lesvos
Measured coast to coast — the sea between them, not the gap between their centres.
| Island | Greek name | km |
|---|---|---|
| Chios | Χίος | 47 |
| Oinousses | Οινούσσες | 50 |
| Psara | Ψαρά | 64 |
| Lemnos | Λήμνος | 72 |
| Agios Efstratios | Άγιος Ευστράτιος | 75 |
The named rocks off Lesvos
Open coastline data records 19 named islets in the water around Lesvos. All of them:
Agios Georgios · Agios Georgios · Agios Isidoros · Agios Vasileios · Aspronisi · Barbalias · Garbias islet · Glaronisi · Kidonas · Mavri Plakouda · Megalonisi · Monopetra · Pamfilo · Panagia · Petradi · Prasologos · Sedounta · Selli · Tsoukalas
Lesvos on the checklist
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