Ionian Islands
The Ionian Islands refers to the chain of Greek Islands stretching along the west coast of Greece in the Ionian Sea. Due to historical facts the isolated islands of Kithira and Antikythera, south of the Peloponnese, are here included in this group.Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Popular Destinations
Lefkada
Lefkada is one of the most beautiful islands in the Ionian Sea, with beaches such as Porto Katsiki and Eggremnoi.Ithaca
Photo: Alexandros Gabrielsen, CC BY 2.0.
Ithaca, Ithaki or Ithaka is a Greek island located in the Ionian Sea, off the northeast coast of Kefalonia and to the west of continental Greece.
Zakynthos
Photo: Badgernet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Zakynthos, also called Zante, is the third largest island in the Ionian Sea, off the west coast of Greece.
Destinations
Kefalonia
Kefalonia is believed to have derived its name from the mythological figure Cephalus, the son of Hermes and a hero in ancient Greek legends.Kythira
Photo: FocalPoint, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kythira is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula.
Ionian Islands
- Type: Island with 213,000 residents
- Description: group of islands in the Ionian Sea
- Category: island group
- Location: Ionian Islands, Greek Islands, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
38.5° or 38° 30' northLongitude of centre
20.5° or 20° 30' eastPopulation
213,000GeoNames ID
261774Wikidata ID
Q170295Ionian Islands Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Ishujt e Jonit
- Arabic: Islas Ionicas
- Arabic: الجزر الأيونية
- Arabic: الجزر الأيونيه
- Armenian: Հոնիական կղզիներ
- Armenian: Յոնեական կղզիներ
- Asturian: Islles Xóniques
- Azerbaijani: İon adaları
- Basque: Joniako Uharteak
- Belarusian: Іанійскія астравы
- Belarusian: Іанічныя астравы
- Belarusian: Іянічныя астравы
- Bengali: ইয়নিয়ান দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
- Breton: Inizi Ionian
- Bulgarian: Йонийски острови
- Bulgarian: Йонийските острови
- Catalan: Heptanès
- Catalan: Illes Jòniques
- Catalan: illes Jòniques
- Cebuano: Ionian Islands
- Chechen: Ионийн гӀайренаш
- Chinese: 伊奥尼亚群岛
- Chinese: 伊奥尼亚群岛大区
- Chinese: 伊奧尼亞群島
- Chinese: 愛奧尼亞群島
- Croatian: Jonski otoci
- Czech: Iónské ostrovy
- Czech: Jónské ostrovy
- Danish: De Joniske Øer
- Danish: Ioniske Øer
- Dutch: Ionische Eilanden
- Esperanto: Ioniaj insuloj
- Estonian: Joonia saared
- Faroese: Jónaoyggjar
- Finnish: Jooniansaaret
- Finnish: Joonian saaret
- French: Iles Ioniennes
- French: Îles-Ioniennes
- French: Îles Ioniennes
- French: îles Ioniennes
- Galician: Illas Xónicas
- Georgian: იონიის კუნძულები
- German: Ionia Nisia
- German: Ionische Insel
- German: Ionische Inseln
- Greek: Iónia Nisiá
- Greek: Iónioi Nísoi
- Greek: Επτάνησα
- Greek: Ιόνια Νησιά
- Greek: Ιόνια νησιά
- Greek: Ιόνιοι Νήσοι
- Gujarati: આયોનિયન આઇલેન્ડ્સ
- Hebrew: האיים האיוניים
- Hebrew: האיים היוניים
- Hindi: आयोनियन आइलैंड्स
- Hungarian: Jón-szigetek
- Icelandic: Jónaeyjar
- Indonesian: Kepulauan Ionia
- Irish: na hOileáin Iónacha
- Italian: Eptaneso
- Italian: Isole Ioniche
- Italian: Isole Ionie
- Italian: Isole Jonie
- Japanese: イオニア諸島
- Japanese: ヘプタネソス
- Japanese: ヘプタネソス諸島
- Javanese: Kapuloan Ionia
- Kannada: ಐಯೋನಿಯನ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
- Kazakh: Ион аралдары
- Kirghiz: Иония аралдары
- Korean: 이오니아 제도
- Korean: 이오니아 제도 주
- Latin: Insulae Ioniae
- Latvian: Jonijas salas
- Limburgan: Inonische eilen
- Limburgan: Ionische Eilen
- Limburgan: Ionische eilan
- Limburgan: Ionische eileng
- Lithuanian: Jonijos salos
- Lombard: Isul Ioni
- Macedonian: Јонски Острови
- Malay: Ionian Islands
- Marathi: आयोएन आईसलँडस
- Mingrelian: იონიაშ კოკეფი
- Norwegian: Joniske øyer
- Norwegian Bokmål: De ioniske øyer
- Norwegian Bokmål: De joniske øyer
- Norwegian Bokmål: Joniske øyene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Joniske øyer
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Dei joniske øyane
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Eptanisa
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ionia nisia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Ionioi Nesoi
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Joniske øyar
- Occitan (post 1500): Illas Ionianas
- Persian: جزایر ایونی
- Polish: Wyspy Jońskie
- Portuguese: Ilhas Iónias
- Portuguese: Ilhas Iónicas
- Portuguese: Ilhas Iônias
- Portuguese: Ilhas Iônicas
- Portuguese: Ilhas Jónias
- Portuguese: Ilhas Jónicas
- Portuguese: Ilhas Jônias
- Portuguese: Ilhas jônicas
- Romanian: Insulele Ionice
- Romanian: Insulele Ioniene
- Russian: Ионийские острова
- Russian: Ионические острова
- Russian: Острова Ионического моря
- Scots: Ionian Islands
- Scots: Ionie Islands
- Serbian: Јонска острва
- Serbian: Периферија Јонска острва
- Serbo-Croatian: Jonska ostrva
- Serbo-Croatian: Jonski otoci
- Sinhala: අයනියන් දූපත්
- Slovak: Iónske ostrovy
- Slovenian: Jonski otoki
- Spanish: Heptaneso
- Spanish: Heptonesos
- Spanish: Islas Jonicas
- Spanish: Islas Jónicas
- Swedish: Eptanisia
- Swedish: Heptanisia
- Swedish: Ionioi Nisoi
- Swedish: Ioniska öarna
- Swedish: Iónioi Nísoi
- Swedish: Joniska öarna
- Tamil: அயோனியத் தீவுகள்
- Telugu: అయానియన్ దీవులు
- Thai: Ionian Islands
- Thai: หมู่เกาะไอโอเนียน
- Turkish: Yanya Adaları
- Turkish: İyon Adaları
- Turkish: İyonya Adaları
- Ukrainian: Іонічні острови
- Urdu: ایونی جزائر
- Uzbek: Ioni Orollari
- Uzbek: Ioni orollari
- Venetian: Isole Ionie
- Venetian: Isole Jonie
- Venetian: Ixołe Ionie
- Venetian: Ixołe Jonie
- Venetian: Ìxołe Jonie
- Vietnamese: Heptanese
- Vietnamese: Quần đảo Ionia
- Vietnamese: quần đảo Ionia
- Waray (Philippines): Islas Ionicas
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Ionaidd
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Ionia
- Welsh: Ynysoedd Ioniaidd
- Welsh: Yr Ynysoedd Ionaidd
- Western Armenian: Յոնիական կղզիներ (Էփթանիսա)
- Western Panjabi: آئیاونین جزیرے
- Wu Chinese: 伊奥尼亚群岛
- Yue Chinese: 愛奧尼亞群島
- Heptanesus
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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 Ionian Islands. Photo: MJJR, CC BY 3.0.