Aegean Sea - part of the Mediterranean Sea, between the Greek mainland, the Turkish mainland, Crete, and Rhodes

The Aegean Sea is the northeastern part of the Mediterranean Sea; it lies between Greece and Turkey and is bounded on the south by Crete.

Much of the area is covered in our article on the Greek Islands, and Crete has a separate article. For Turkish parts of the Aegean, see Aegean Turkey and Marmara Region.