Ionian Islands

The Ionian islands prefecture is one of the 13 regions of Greece.

The Ionian Islands (Modern Greek:  Ionia nisia; Italian: Isole Ionie) are a group of islands in  Western Greece.

They are traditionally called the Heptanese, i.e. “the Seven Islands” (Greek: Ἑπτάνησα, Heptanēsa or Ἑπτάνησος, Heptanēsos; Italian: Eptaneso), but the group includes many smaller islands as well as the seven principal ones.

The seven islands are; from north to south:

• Kerkyra (Κέρκυρα) usually known as Corfu in English and in Italian
• Paxi (Παξοί) also known as Paxos in English
• Lefkada (Λευκάδα) also known as Lefkas in English
• Ithaki (Ιθάκη) usually known as Ithaca in English
• Kefalonia (Κεφαλλονιά) often known as Kefalonia, Cephalonia and Kefallinia in English
• Zakynthos (Ζάκυνθος) sometimes known as Zante in English and Italian
• Kythira (Κύθηρα) usually known as Cythera in English and sometimes known as Cerigo in English and Italian