{"id":352727,"date":"2025-12-26T15:50:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=352727"},"modified":"2025-12-26T15:50:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T10:20:17","slug":"aegean-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/aegean-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Aegean Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Greek coastguard were searching for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea.<\/p>\n<h2>About Aegean Sea<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 411px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.worldatlas.com\/r\/w768\/upload\/18\/15\/e7\/artboard-3.png?resize=411%2C439&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Aegean Sea \" width=\"411\" height=\"439\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: world atlas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> The Aegean Sea is a<strong> marginal sea of the Mediterranean Sea,\u00a0located between Greece and Turkey.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It lies between the <strong>Balkan Peninsula in the west and the Anatolian Peninsula in the east.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Connected to:<\/strong> The Aegean Sea i<strong>s connected to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus Strait.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also <strong>connected to the Sea of Marmara through the Dardanelles Strait.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Division:<\/strong> The sea is divided into the<strong> Myrtoan Sea and <\/strong>the<strong> Thracian Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sensitive position:<\/strong>\u00a0The <strong>region lies along the collision zone of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Due to tectonic activity, the region experiences frequent earthquakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>fourth-largest marginal sea in the Mediterranean region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Depth:<\/strong> The <strong>maximum depth <\/strong>of the Aegean Sea is approximately<strong> 3,544 m<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Islands:<\/strong> The Aegean Sea contains<strong> more than 1,400 islands<\/strong> of different sizes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> It experiences a <strong>Mediterranean climate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Island Groups<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> North Aegean Islands<\/strong> include<strong> Chios, Lesbos, Samos, and Lemnos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>West Aegean Islands<\/strong> include <strong>Euboea<\/strong>, which is the<strong> second-largest Greek island.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Sporades Islands<\/strong> include <strong>Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonnisos, and Skyros.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Cyclades Islands<\/strong> include <strong>Naxos, Paros, Milos, and Delos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Saronic Islands<\/strong> include <strong>Aegina, Salamis, and Poros.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong> Dodecanese Island<\/strong>s include <strong>Rhodes, Kos, and Patmos.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Crete<\/strong> is the<strong> largest island in the Aegean Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The sea is <strong>home to dolphins, whales, monk seals, and sea turtles. <\/strong>Many plant and marine species found in the region are endemic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About Island of Farmakon\u00edsi<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Farmakon\u00edsi is a <strong>small Greek island <\/strong>located in the<strong> Aegean Sea<\/strong> in the <strong>eastern Mediterranean region<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The island is<strong> part of Europe and falls within the Atlantic Ocean basin.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The island is <strong>situated on the Aegean Sea microplate,<\/strong> an area shaped by the <strong>interaction<\/strong> of the <strong>Eurasian and African tectonic plates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Agathon\u00edsi<\/strong> is the <strong>closest<\/strong> neighboring island to Farmakon\u00edsi.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Greek coastguard were searching for a missing child off the island of Farmakonisi after rescuing 52 migrants in two separate incidents in the Aegean Sea. About Aegean Sea Location: The Aegean Sea is a marginal sea of the Mediterranean Sea,\u00a0located between Greece and Turkey. 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