Akoğlu Island, known in Greek as Kópanos (Κόπανος), is a Turkish islet in the
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea ; tr, Ege Denizi (Greek: Αιγαίο Πέλαγος: "Egéo Pélagos", Turkish: "Ege Denizi" or "Adalar Denizi") is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans ...
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The islet is a part of Ayvalık Islands group at . It had a number of names in history such as Armutçuk, Kedi, Kópanos and Vrachonisída. Its dimensions are 78 x 57 m (260 x 190 ft)
Administratively it is a part of
Ayvalık
Ayvalık () is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of Balıkesir province. The town centre is connected to Cunda Island by a causeway and is surrounded by the archipelago of Ayvalık Islands, which fac ...
ilçe
The 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 973 districts (''ilçeler''; sing. ''ilçe''). In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the ''kaza''.
Most provinces bear the same name as their respectiv ...
(district) of
Balıkesir Province .It is an uninhabited island . Its distance to nearest point on shore is less than .
Naval researches foundation
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Islands of Balıkesir Province
Ayvalık
Islands of Turkey
Aegean islands