Claim: The Dodecanese contain islands.

Astypalaia -LRB- Greek : Αστυπάλαια , -LSB- astiˈpalea -RSB- -RRB- , is a Greek island with 1,334 residents -LRB- 2011 census -RRB- . It belongs to the Dodecanese , an archipelago of twelve major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea .   The island is 18 km long , 13 km wide at the most , and covers an area of 97 km2 . Along with numerous smaller uninhabited offshore islets -LRB- the largest of which are Sýrna and Ofidoussa -RRB- , it forms the Municipality of Astypalaia , which is part of the Kalymnos regional unit . The municipality has an area of 114.077 km2 . The capital and the previous main harbour of the island is Astypalaia or Chora , as it is called by the locals .