Çatalada, Çatal Ada, (formerly known as Volo) () is a Turkish island located 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 ...

, off the town Turgutreis, west of

Bodrum Bodrum () is a port city in Muğla Province, southwestern Turkey, at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Its population was 35,795 at the 2012 census, with a total of 136,317 inhabitants residing within the district's borders. Known in ancient ...

peninsula in southwestern Turkey. An island with three conical hills, its name means literally "fork island". At the past it was one of the Xenagorou islands ( grc, Ξεναγόρου νῆσοι).Map 65 Lycia-Pisidia Compiled by C. Foss (west) and S. Mitchell, 1994
/ref> The island's main economy is

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, as cruises from the mainland are regular. It is also a popular

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place. Neighbouring islands in close distance are Topan Adası, Çoban Adası and Yassıada.

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Islands of Turkey Islands of Muğla Province {{Muğla-geo-stub