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<p>The Dodecanese are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greek</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_islands_of_Greece/EQBxrjvE">islands</a> in the southeastern <a href="/facts/Aegean_Sea/Vx4Gg5CT">Aegean Sea</a> and <a href="/facts/Eastern_Mediterranean/RLpwLJyM">Eastern Mediterranean</a>, off the coast of <a href="/facts/Turkey/KIYAWAs0">Turkey's</a> <a href="/facts/Anatolia/vMkrLrPr">Anatolia</a>, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally defines the eastern limit of the <a href="/facts/Sea_of_Crete/9L0rvHfD">Sea of Crete</a>. They belong to the wider <a href="/facts/Southern_Sporades/GWaHq3z5">Southern Sporades</a> island group. </p><p><a href="/facts/Rhodes/07LazWIX">Rhodes</a> has been the area's dominant island since antiquity. Of the others, <a href="/facts/Kos/eloYjDgB">Kos</a> and <a href="/facts/Patmos/oQ56uy6N">Patmos</a> are historically the most important; the remaining 12 are <a href="/facts/Agathonisi/5LoeRf1g">Agathonisi</a>, <a href="/facts/Astypalaia/BUhfzu5S">Astypalaia</a>, <a href="/facts/Halki_(Greece)/7jDpDM6n">Halki</a>, <a href="/facts/Kalymnos/wUTU3qYk">Kalymnos</a>, <a href="/facts/Karpathos/J0XGqeeF">Karpathos</a>, <a href="/facts/Kasos/gQjEubTg">Kasos</a>, <a href="/facts/Leipsoi/XJRQItmN">Leipsoi</a>, <a href="/facts/Leros/9lRCSK2o">Leros</a>, <a href="/facts/Nisyros/MtJ9cRV8">Nisyros</a>, <a href="/facts/Symi/yjCG34r8">Symi</a>, <a href="/facts/Tilos/Bo3f8wCe">Tilos</a>, and <a href="/facts/Megisti/ws3zbHJu">Megisti</a>. Other islands in the chain include <a href="/facts/Alimia/L15afLz0">Alimia</a>, <a href="/facts/Arkoi/DelYE0Am">Arkoi</a>, <a href="/facts/Farmakonisi/f8j7kXzP">Farmakonisi</a>, <a href="/facts/Gyali/Vme8kIfX">Gyali</a>, <a href="/facts/Kinaros/WypR0xUA">Kinaros</a>, <a href="/facts/Lebynthos/7PVV7klj">Levitha</a>, <a href="/facts/Marathos_Island/tLCjLXAF">Marathos</a>, <a href="/facts/Nimos/3dTd6bq5">Nimos</a>, <a href="/facts/Pserimos/wDxDnpoA">Pserimos</a>, <a href="/facts/Saria_Island/8o8IfGS9">Saria</a>, <a href="/facts/Strongyli_Megistis/lmsrsseT">Strongyli</a> and <a href="/facts/Syrna_(island)/n2c0EgFJ">Syrna</a>. </p>