GREECE LESVOS Isl.

Lesbos or Lesvos ( Greek: Λέσβος, romanized: Lésvos is a Greek island located in the northeastern Aegean Sea, often called Mytilene (Μυτιλήνη) in Greece, after its capital. It has an area of 1,633 km2 (631 sq mi) with approximately 400 kilometres (249 miles) of coastline, making it the third largest island in Greece. It is separated from Asia Minor by the narrow Mytilini Strait and in late Palaeolithic/Mesolithic times was joined to the Anatolian mainland before the end of the Last Glacial Period. Lesvos is also the name of a regional unit of the North Aegean region, within which Lesvos island is one of five governing islands.