Island in the Aegean Sea separated from Turkey by the Mycale Strait (5)

I believe the answer is:

samos

(Other definitions for samos that I've seen before include "somewhere in the Aegean" , "Aegean Sea island" , "Greek island?" , "birthplace of Pythagoras" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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