Samos, a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea

Samos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the shore of Asia Minor, from which it is differentiated by the 1.6-kilometer (1.0 mi)-wide Mycale Strait. It is additionally a different local unit of the North Aegean area, and the main district of the territorial unit. 

In old times Samos was an especially rich and effective city-state, especially known for its vineyards and wine creation. It is home to Pythagoreion and the Heraion of Samos, an UNESCO World Heritage Site that incorporates the Eupalinian water passage, a wonder of old designing. Samos is the origin of the Greek scholar and mathematician Pythagoras, after whom the Pythagorean hypothesis is named, the savant Epicurus, and the stargazer Aristarchus of Samos, the first known individual to recommend that the Earth spins around the sun. Samian wine was well known in ancient times, regardless is created on the island. 

The island was represented by the semi-self-governing Principality of Samos under Ottoman suzerainty from 1835 until it joined Greece in 1912. 

The territory of the island is 478 km2 (184.6 sq mi) 43 km (27 mi) long and 13 km (8 mi) wide. It is divided from Anatolia by the more or less 1 extensive (1.6 km) Mycale Strait. While generally rocky, Samos has a few moderately substantial and rich fields. 

An incredible allotment of the island is secured with vineyards, from which muscat wine is made. The most paramount fields aside from the capital, Vathy, in the northeast, are that of Karlovasi, in the northwest, Pythagoreio, in the southeast, and Marathokampos in the southwest. The island's populace is 33,814, which is the ninth most crowded of the Greek islands. The Samian atmosphere is commonly Mediterranean, with gentle stormy winters, and warm rainless summers. 

Samos' easing is ruled by two vast mountains, Ampelos and Kerkis (anc. Kerketeus). The Ampelos massif (informally alluded to as "Karvounis") is the bigger of the two and involves the focal point of the island, climbing to 1,095 meters (3,593 ft). Mt. Kerkis, however more diminutive in zone is the taller of the two and its summit is the island's most elevated point, at 1,434 meters (4,705 ft). The mountains are a continuation of the Mycale run on the Anatolian territory. 

As per Strabo, the name Samos is from Phoenician signifying "climb by the shore".