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Orak Island (other)
Orak Island ( tr, Orak Adası) may refer to one the three Turkish islands in the Aegean Sea *Orak Island (Çanakkale) *Orak Island (İzmir) Orak Island is an Aegean island in Turkey The island faces Foça (Phokaia of the antiquity) in the gulf of İzmir at . Its distance to coast is about . The longer (north to south) dimension of the island is . The name of the island ''orak'' ( ... * Orak Island (Muğla) {{geodis ...
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Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek language, Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish language, Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 square kilometres. In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea by the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. The Aegean Islands are located within the sea and some bound it on its southern periphery, including Crete and Rhodes. The sea reaches a maximum depth of 2,639m to the west of Karpathos. The Thracian Sea and the Sea of Crete are main subdivisions of the Aegean Sea. The Aegean Islands can be divided into several island groups, including the Dodecanese, the Cyclades, the Sporades, the Saronic Islands, Saronic islands and the North Aegean islands, North Aegean Islands, as well as Crete and its surrounding islands. The ...
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Orak Island (Çanakkale)
Orak Island, known in Greek as Drepano (Δρέπανο), is an uninhabited Aegean island in Turkey. Its ancient name was Drepano. It is a part of Tavşan Islands. The island is at . Administratively it is in Ezine ilçe (district) of Çanakkale Province. Its distance to the Anatolian coast is , to Bozcaada is and to Çanakkale is . References Islands of Çanakkale Province Uninhabited islands of Turkey Aegean islands Ezine District Islands of Turkey {{Çanakkale-geo-stub ...
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Orak Island (İzmir)
Orak Island is an Aegean island in Turkey The island faces Foça (Phokaia of the antiquity) in the gulf of İzmir at . Its distance to coast is about . The longer (north to south) dimension of the island is . The name of the island ''orak'' ("sickle") refers to spit to the south of the island. It has been speculated that the ancient name of the island might be "Bakkheion". According to surface survey of Professor Ömer Özyiğit, the island was inhabited during the classical age up to late Roman Empire era. There were three stone pits. One of them was probably a cult center of the goddess Cybele. References {{Islands of Turkey Islands of Turkey Islands of İzmir Province Foça District Aegean islands Gulf of İzmir ...
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