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Uzunada

Uzunada or Uzun ada is an island situated at the entry of the Gulf of İzmir on the west coast of Turkey.

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Uzunada or Uzun ada (lit. 'long island') is an island situated at the entry of the Gulf of İzmir on the west coast of Turkey. Its area is 26.8 km2 (10 sq mi).

It is situated between the Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey in the west, and the district of Foça in the east. Stretching over a length of c. 9 kilometres (6 miles) in north-south direction, it is Turkey's fourth largest island, and its third largest in the Aegean Sea.

The island has been called by many names. Its ancient Greek name was Drymoussa (Δρυμούσσα), and it is also known under its later Greek names of Makronisi ("long island") or Englezonisi ("Englishmen's island"), but more likely is that this name is derived from the word Enclazomenisi from ancient city Clazomenae at the opposite coast. To its south are several smaller islets, including Yassıca. It has also been called "Chustan Island" (or Keustan).

"Uzunada" is also the name of several other, smaller islets along the Turkish Aegean coast. Uzunada is currently closed to settlements due to military activities, making it the biggest uninhabited island in the Mediterranean Sea

Text: Wikipedia (English), CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Location and names: Wikidata (CC0)

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The closest 8 places around Uzunada; sorted without regard to province borders.

Akça

Island · Urla / İzmir11.2 km

Leucae

Ancient City · Menemen / İzmir13.4 km

Polichna

Ancient City · Urla / İzmir14.4 km

Limantepe

Archaeological Site · Urla / İzmir16.3 km

Distances are as the crow flies; driving distance may be longer.

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