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    Büyük Maden Island

    Maden Adası

    39°23′N 26°35′E

    Büyük Maden Island (Turkish: Büyük Maden Adası, literally Big Mine Island) is an Aegean island of Turkey

    39°23′N 26°35′E

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    Büyük Maden Island (Turkish: Büyük Maden Adası, literally Big Mine Island) is an Aegean island of Turkey The island at 39°23′N 26°35′E is a part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province. It is between Cunda Island and Küçük Maden Island. The island currently is uninhabited. Its distance to Cunda island is less than 200 metres (660 ft). With an area of 3 square kilometres (1.2 sq mi), it is one of the bigger islands around Ayvalık. The ancient name of the island was Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος). In the antiquity there were lead mines in the island and the island was foul-smelling. The settlement in the island was named Pordoselene which had a nasty meaning. According to Bilge Umar, Strabon was uneasy with the name of the island and he used the name Poroselene instead. On some rocks of the island there are traces of malachite.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Ayvalık Islands

    Also in East Aegean Islands

    • Lesbos

      1,632 km²▲ 967 m

      Major islands

    • Chios

      843 km²▲ 1,297 m

      Major islands

    • Psara

      38.6 km²▲ 64 m

      Major islands

    • Bozcaada

      37.5 km²▲ 192 m

      Major islands

    • Uzunada

      25.5 km²▲ 187 m

      Minor islands

    • Cunda Island

      23.7 km²▲ 81 m

      Minor islands

    • Oinousses

      14.2 km²▲ 173 m

      Minor islands

    • Antipsara

      4.3 km²▲ 143 m

      Minor islands

    Also in North Aegean islands

    • Lesbos

      1,632 km²▲ 967 m

      Major islands

    • Chios

      843 km²▲ 1,297 m

      Major islands

    • Lemnos

      476 km²▲ 426 m

      Major islands

    • Thasos

      383 km²▲ 1,204 m

      Major islands

    • Imbros

      283 km²▲ 673 m

      Major islands

    • Samothrace

      180 km²▲ 1,611 m

      Minor islands

    • Agios Efstratios

      41.7 km²▲ 297 m

      Minor islands

    • Psara

      38.6 km²▲ 64 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Sporades

    • Lesbos

      1,632 km²▲ 967 m

      Major islands

    • Rhodes

      1,400 km²▲ 1,213 m

      Major islands

    • Chios

      843 km²▲ 1,297 m

      Major islands

    • Samos

      476 km²▲ 1,443 m

      Major islands

    • Lemnos

      476 km²▲ 426 m

      Major islands

    • Thasos

      383 km²▲ 1,204 m

      Major islands

    • Karpathos

      300 km²▲ 1,215 m

      Major islands

    • Kos

      287 km²▲ 846 m

      Major islands

    Also in Aegean Islands

    • Crete

      8,256 km²▲ 2,456 m

      Major islands

    • Euboea

      3,655 km²▲ 1,743 m

      Major islands

    • Lesbos

      1,632 km²▲ 967 m

      Minor islands

    • Rhodes

      1,400 km²▲ 1,213 m

      Minor islands

    • Chios

      843 km²▲ 1,297 m

      Minor islands

    • Samos

      476 km²▲ 1,443 m

      Minor islands

    • Lemnos

      476 km²▲ 426 m

      Minor islands

    • Naxos

      429 km²▲ 1,001 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Mosko Islands

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia