Cyclades
The Cyclades are a group of Greek Islands, located in the southern part of the Aegean Sea. The archipelago contains some 2,200 islands, islets and rocks; but only 33 islands are inhabited.Photo: Sergio Alvarez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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Popular Destinations
Mykonos
Mykonos is a popular tourist destination in the Greek islands of the Cyclades group, situated in the middle of the Aegean Sea.
Naxos
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Naxos is the largest in the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea and was the centre of ancient Cycladic culture.
Delos
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Delos is an island in Greece's Cyclades, 3.5 km southwest of Mykonos.
Destinations
Santorini
Santorini is an archipelago of 5 volcanic islands in the Cyclades group of the Greek islands in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km southeast of mainland Greece.
Paros
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Paros is a major island of the Cyclades group. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations for visitors to the Greek islands.
Andros
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Andros is a large, mountainous island in the Cyclades, with beautiful beaches, monasteries and abundant water sources.
Syros
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Syros is in the Cyclades group of the Greek Islands, off the normal tourist track.
Ios
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Ios is a small island of the Cyclades group. It is a part of the Cyclades Islands in the south of Greece.
Amorgos
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Amorgos is the easternmost island of the Cyclades island group and the nearest island to the neighboring Dodecanese island group in Greece.
Serifos
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Serifos is a Greek island municipality in the Aegean Sea, located in the western Cyclades, south of Kythnos and northwest of Sifnos.
Kea
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Kea is an island in Greece. Generally quiet and rustic, its proximity to Athens makes it a popular destination for holidaying Greeks.
Sifnos
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Sifnos is a small island within the Western Cyclades, of about 35 sq mi with a permanent population of about 2,200, but which increases greatly during summer.
Folegandros
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Folegandros, or Pholegandros, is a small island in the Cyclades.
Anafi
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Anafi is a quiet, unspoiled island of the Cyclades group east of Santorini.
Antiparos
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Antiparos (Greek: Αντίπαρος; Ancient Greek: Ὠλίαρος, romanized: Oliaros; Latin: Oliarus; is a small…
Kimolos
Kimolos is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It lies on the southwest of the island group of Cyclades, near the bigger island of Milos.
Thirassia
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Therasia, also known as Thirasía, is an island in the volcanic island group of Santorini in the Greek Cyclades.
Koufonisi
Ano Koufonisi, usually referred just as Koufonisi, is a major attraction in the small Cyclades known for its beautiful beaches and cliffs.
Cyclades
- Type: archipelago with 120,000 residents
- Description: Greek island group in the Aegean Sea
- Neighbors: Aegean Sea
- Location: South Aegean Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude of centre
37.4167° or 37° 25' northLongitude of centre
24.9167° or 24° 55' eastPopulation
120,000Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)GeoNames ID
259819Wikidata ID
Q171132Cyclades Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Kuklade
- Afrikaans: Kuklades
- Afrikaans: Siklade
- Arabic: Kyklades
- Arabic: سيكلادس
- Arabic: كيكلاديس
- Armenian: Կիկլադներ
- Armenian: Քիքլատես
- Asturian: Cíclades
- Basque: Ziklada uharteak
- Basque: Zikladeak
- Belarusian: Кіклады
- Belarusian: Кікляды
- Bosnian: Kikladi
- Breton: Kikladez
- Bulgarian: Циклади
- Bulgarian: Цикладите
- Bulgarian: Цикладски острови
- Catalan: Arxipèlag de les Cíclades
- Catalan: Cíclades
- Catalan: Illes Cíclades
- Catalan: Kiklades
- Catalan: Prefectura de les Cíclades
- Cebuano: Cyclades
- Cebuano: Nomós Kykládon
- Chinese: 基克拉泽斯
- Chinese: 基克拉泽斯群岛
- Chinese: 基克拉澤斯
- Chinese: 基克拉澤斯群島
- Chinese: 昔加拉第群岛
- Chinese: 锡克拉底斯群岛
- Corsican: Cicladi
- Croatian: Cikladi
- Croatian: Kikladski otoci
- Czech: Kykladské ostrovy
- Czech: Kyklady
- Czech: Kyklády
- Danish: Kykladerne
- Dutch: Cycladen
- Dutch: Kykladen
- English: Kykládes
- English: Kykládhes
- Esperanto: Ciklades
- Esperanto: Ciklado
- Esperanto: Cikladoj
- Esperanto: Kiklades
- Esperanto: Kikladoj
- Estonian: Küklaadid
- Faroese: Cyclades
- Faroese: Kyklades
- Faroese: Kykladuoyggjar
- Faroese: Kykladurnar
- Faroese: Κυκλάδες
- Finnish: Kykladit
- French: Cyclades
- Galician: Cícladas - Κυκλάδες
- Galician: Cícladas
- Galician: Cíclades
- Georgian: კიკლადები
- German: Cykladen
- German: GR-82
- German: Kiklades
- German: Kykladen
- German: Kyklades
- German: Zykladen
- Greek: Κυκλάδες
- Greek: Νομός Κυκλάδων
- Hebrew: האיים הקיקלאדיים
- Hebrew: האיים הקיקלדיים
- Hebrew: האיים הקיקלדים
- Hebrew: הקיקלאדיים
- Hindi: सिक्लेडिस
- Hungarian: Kükládok
- Indonesian: Kyklades
- Irish: Ciocláidéis
- Italian: Cicladi
- Italian: Cyclades
- Italian: Isole Cicladi
- Japanese: キクラデス
- Japanese: キクラデス県
- Japanese: キクラデス諸島
- Japanese: キュクラデス諸島
- Kazakh: Киклад аралдары
- Kirghiz: Кикладдар
- Korean: 퀴클라데스 제도
- Korean: 키클라데스
- Korean: 키클라데스 제도
- Korean: 키클라데스 현
- Kurdish: Giravên Kîklad
- Latin: Cycladae
- Latin: Cyclades
- Latvian: Kiklādu salas
- Lithuanian: Kikladai
- Lithuanian: Kiklados
- Lithuanian: Kikladų salos
- Macedonian: Киклади
- Malay: Kyklades
- Northern Frisian: Kyklaaden
- Norwegian: Kykladene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kykladene
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Kykladane
- Occitan (post 1500): Ciclades
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Cyclades
- Persian: سیکلدیز
- Persian: کیکلادها
- Polish: Cyklady
- Portuguese: Ciclades
- Portuguese: Cícladas
- Portuguese: Cíclades
- Portuguese: Ilhas Cíclades
- Romanian: Ciclade
- Romanian: Cicladele
- Romanian: Cyclades
- Romanian: Insulele Ciclade
- Russian: Кикладские острова
- Russian: Киклады
- Russian: Цикладские острова
- Serbian: Kikladi
- Serbian: Κυκλάδες
- Serbian: Киклади
- Serbian: Кикладска острва
- Serbian: Кикладски архипелаг
- Serbian: Префектура Киклади
- Serbo-Croatian: Cikladi
- Serbo-Croatian: Kikladi
- Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Kikladi
- Sicilian: Cicladi
- Slovak: Kyklady
- Slovenian: Kikladi
- Spanish: Archipielago de las Cicladas
- Spanish: Archipiélago de las Cícladas
- Spanish: Cicladas
- Spanish: Cícladas
- Spanish: Islas Cicladas
- Spanish: Islas Cícladas
- Spanish: Prefectura de las Cicladas
- Spanish: Prefectura de las Cícladas
- Swedish: Cykladerna
- Swedish: Kikladhes
- Swedish: Kikládhes
- Swedish: Kykladerna
- Swedish: Kykladiska öarna
- Tagalog: Cyclades
- Tamil: சைக்கிளடெசு
- Tamil: சைக்லேட்ஸ்
- Thai: Cyclades
- Thai: คีคลาเดส
- Thai: ซิคละดีส
- Thai: หมู่เกาะซิคละดีส
- Thai: ไซคลาดีส
- Turkish: Cyclades
- Turkish: Kiklad Adaları
- Turkish: Kyklad
- Turkish: Kyklad Adaları
- Ukrainian: Кіклади
- Ukrainian: Кікладський архіпелаг
- Ukrainian: Кікладські острови
- Urdu: سیکلادیز
- Uzbek: Kiklad orollari
- Vietnamese: Cyclades
- Vietnamese: Kyklades
- Vietnamese: Kykládes
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Cyclades
- Waray (Philippines): Kyklades
- Welsh: Cyclades
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Cyclades
- Western Armenian: Քիքլատես
- Western Frisian: Sykladen
- Wu Chinese: 基克拉泽斯
- Yue Chinese: 基克拉澤斯
- Nomos Kykladon
- Nomós Kikládhon
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Cyclades. Photo: Tango7174, CC BY-SA 4.0.