The Aegean Islands (, transliterated: Nisiá Aigaíou; ) are the group of islands in the Aegean Sea, with mainland Greece to the west and north and Turkey to the east; the island of Crete delimits the sea to the south, those of Rhodes, Karpathos and Kasos to the southeast. The ancient Greek name of the Aegean Sea, Archipelago (, archipelagos) was later applied to the islands it contains and is now used more generally, to refer to any island group.