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Marmara Archipelago
The Marmara Archipelago (Turkish; Marmara Takimadaları) is a group of islands located in the South of the Sea of Marmara, belonging to the Balıkesir Province of Turkey. The Marmara Islands consist of four inhabited and 17 uninhabited islands.
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The Marmara Archipelago (Turkish; Marmara Takimadaları) is a group of islands located in the South of the Sea of Marmara, belonging to the Balıkesir Province of Turkey. The Marmara Islands consist of four inhabited and 17 uninhabited islands. The archipelago has one small central town called Marmara (population 2000) and 13 villages. The inhabited islands are Marmara, Avsa, Pasalimani and Ekinlik. The two islands are divided between the different districts of the Balıkesir Province. Avsa and Ekinlik belong to Marmara District, which is the biggest island in the area, and Pasalimani belongs to Erdek District, which is located in Kapidagi Peninsula. Marmara is a mountainous and island with a mostly green landscape. The island has beaches, hotels and pensions although it is not a popular tourist spot. Avşa is a smaller island with less vegetation, less mountainous landscape, more beaches, more nightlife alternatives and is bustling during the summer season. Pasalimanı and Ekinlik Islands have few tourists, less vegetation and minimal facilities for travelers.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands4
- Minor islands2
- Islets3
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Marmara Island
- Area
- 115 km²
- High point
- 709 m
Marmara Island (Turkish: Marmara Adası) is a Turkish island in the Sea of Marmara. 7 sq mi), it is the largest island in the Sea of Marmara and the second-largest island of Turkey - after Gökçeada (formerly Turkish: İmroz; Greek: Ίμβρος Imvros). It is the center of Marmara District in Balıkesir Province.
Paşalimanı
- Area
- 20.9 km²
- High point
- 196 m
Paşalimanı Island (Turkish: Paşalimanı Adası), formerly Halone (Greek: Ἁλώνη), is an island in the southern Sea of Marmara in Turkey. 1 sq mi)) and administratively belongs to the Erdek town of Balikesir Province in northwestern Turkey. The island has five small villages and has 962 population in total.
Avşa
- Area
- 20.9 km²
- High point
- 178 m
6 square kilometres (8 square miles). It was the classical and Byzantine Aphousia (Greek: Ἀφουσία or Ἀφησιά) and was a place of exile during the Byzantine period. The tomb of St. Macarius of Pelecete was on the island. The Greek inhabitants fled to Sarti Chalkidiki after the 1923 population exchange.
Ekinlik Island
- Area
- 2.5 km²
- High point
- 149 m
Ekinlik Island, formerly Koutalis (Greek: Κούταλης) is an island situated off the Turkish coast, in the Sea of Marmara. Administratively, the island belongs to Marmara, the central settlement of Marmara Island in Balikesir, Turkey.
Minor islands
Koyun Island
- Area
- 1.7 km²
- High point
- 107 m
Fener Island
- Area
- —
size unknown
Islets
- Hasır Adası13 m · 0.02 km²
- Soğan Adası8 m · 0.5 ha
- Martı Island1 m · 0.2 ha
Figures
Comparative heights
- Marmara: 709 m
- Paşalimanı: 196 m
- Avşa: 178 m
- Ekinlik: 149 m
- Koyun: 107 m
- Hasır Adası: 13 m
- Soğan Adası: 8 m
- Martı: 1 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Marmara Island | 115 km² |
| Paşalimanı | 20.9 km² |
| Avşa | 20.9 km² |
| Ekinlik Island | 2.5 km² |
| Koyun Island | 1.7 km² |
| Hasır Adası | 0.02 km² |
| Soğan Adası | 0.5 ha |
| Martı Island | 0.2 ha |
Photographs
Avşa Island (also known as Türkeli island), Turkey (located in the Marmara Sea)
One of the old warehouses of Paşalimanı
Took the photo when me and my parents were on vacation.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Avsa island aerial view. Toksave / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Paşalimanı. İhsan Deniz Kılıçoğlu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Marmara Island Home. Melih Kıvrak / CC BY-SA 4.0