Sea of Crete

The Sea of Crete (Greek: Κρήτικος Πέλαγος Kritikos Pelagos) is an area of the Aegean Sea that is at the north of the island Crete and south of the Cyclades The sea also stretches from Kythera east to the Dodecanese mainly the islands of Karpathos and Kassos as well. The bounding seas are the Ionian Sea to the west as well as the rest of the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Ferry routes linking from and to Piraeus runs in this areas as well as the southern islands of the Aegean and the Dodecanese islands

Port towns and cities

• Kastelli-Kissamos, southwest
  
• Chania, southwest
  
• Souda, south-southwest
  
• Rethymno, south
  
• Heraklio, south
  
• Agios Nikolaos, southeast
  
• Sitia, southeast
  
• Kassos (Fry), southeast
  
• Anafi, northeast
  
• Thira, north
  

Bays

• Chania Bay, south
  
• Souda Bay, southeast
  
• Almyros Bay, south
  
• Mirabelli Bay, southeast