The Dodecanese have inhabited islands.
Agathonísi is a small Greek island and municipality located at the northernmost point of the Dodecanese in Greece . Alimia or Alimnia is a Greek island of the Aegean Sea , located in the sea area between Rhodes and Halki , the complex of Dodecanese . The Dodecanese ( [ doʊdɪkəˈniːz ] Δωδεκάνησα , Dodekánisa , [ ðoðeˈkanisa ] , literally `` twelve islands '' ) are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea , off the coast of Asia Minor ( Turkey ) , of which 26 are inhabited . Kinaros or Cinarus ( Kinaros : Zinari ) , is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea , named after the artichoke ( kinara ) which it produced Kinaros .