Lesbos (, ; , ), sometimes referred to as
Mytilini after
its capital, is a
Greek island located in the northeastern
Aegean Sea. It has an area of with of
coastline, making it the third largest Greek island. It is separated from
Turkey by the narrow
Mytilini Strait and in late Palaeolithic/Mesolithic times was joined to the Anatolian mainland before the end of the last
Ice Age.