Aegean sea briefkaart

The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey respectieve vely. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus. The Aegean Islands are within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes. The Aegean Region consists of nine provincies in southwestern Turkey, in part bordering on the Aegean sea. The sea was traditionally known as Archipelago , the general sense of which has since change to refer to refer to the Aegean Islands and, generally, to any island group beerce the Aegean Sea is opmerkable for its large number of islands.