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Kos/Cos (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Feb 24, 2024 09:12 PM

A large island in the Aegean Sea, lying off the modern Turkish coast near Bodrum (ancient Halicarnassus).

Krambousa (island) — by S. Mitchell — last modified Feb 02, 2021 06:37 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 D4 Krambousa Ins.

Ladesta (island) — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Jan 09, 2025 11:22 AM

Ladesta (modern Lastovo) is a part of ancient Liburnia in the Adriatic Sea.

Lebissos (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 07, 2024 04:44 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 B4 Lebissos Ins.

Leucas (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Sep 12, 2024 05:25 PM

The ancient Ionian island of Leucas is known today as Lefkada.

Lipara (island) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified Aug 02, 2017 09:49 AM

An island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, north of Sicily. Modern Isola Lipari.

Lissa (island) — by M. Šašel Kos — last modified Feb 21, 2017 01:43 PM

An island in the Adriatic, known today as Ugljan/Ugliano.

Londobris (island) — by Jr. — last modified Aug 07, 2024 04:35 PM

Londobris Ins., the modern Berlenga Grande Island, is the largest of the islands of the Berlengas Archipelago.

Lyrnateia? (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Aug 01, 2021 03:21 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 65 E4 Lyrnateia? Ins.

Macris/Makra (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 27, 2021 08:41 AM

Modern Zeytin Adası (formerly Meğri Ada), an island that, together with the Telmessias promontory (modern Çamlı Burun), encloses and protects the natural harbor of Telmessos (modern Fethiye in Turkey).

Magantia — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:15 PM

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Malaios (island) — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 05, 2016 02:13 PM

The Isle of Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, located off the west coast of Scotland.

Maniolai (islands) — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Jan 19, 2025 10:25 AM

Islands mentioned in Ptolemy. They may correspond to the modern Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. — by C. Foss — last modified Jan 27, 2025 11:35 AM

Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. (Büyükada)

Melanippeia (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 04, 2022 04:04 PM

According to a fragment of Favorinus quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium, Melanippeia was one of two islets that constituted the "Chelidoniai petrai". These "rocks" are thought to be identifiable with the largest two of several islets that lie off modern Cape Gelidonya on the south coast of Anatolia (the modern Beş Adalar = Five Islands). Melanippeia is perhaps to be identified with the largest of the group, modern Devecitaşı Ada.

Melita/Malta (island) — by R.J.A. Wilson — last modified May 13, 2021 08:45 PM

The island of Malta, located in the Mediterranean Sea between Sicily and Libya.

Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba (island) — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Sep 15, 2024 01:00 PM

Meninx/Lotophagitis/Girba Ins. (modern Djerba) is the largest island of North Africa.

Minoa (promontory) — by G. Reger — last modified Dec 14, 2023 08:31 PM

The "tied island" known today as Monemvasia, located along the southeast coast of the Peloponnese. Pausanias referred to it as "Akra Minoa".

Mona (island) — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Jan 31, 2025 11:10 PM

Mona Ins. (Isle of Anglesey or Ynys Môn) is an island off the northwest coast of Wales.

Nagidous(s)a Ins. — by S. Mitchell — last modified Sep 01, 2022 12:14 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 66 B4 Nagidous(s)a Ins.