İmralı
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İmralı is a small Turkish prison island in the south of the Sea of Marmara, west of the Armutlu-Bozburun peninsula within Bursa Province. It measures in the north–south direction with a width of , and has an area of . The highest peak is Türk Tepesi at an altitude of above sea level. It is prohibited to fly over it or fish near its shores.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- İmralı
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- İmralı Adası (cropped).jpeg
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- Aerial photograph of İmralı
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- Imrali location.jpg
- Islands.location
- Sea of Marmara
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- Turkey Marmara#Turkey
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- top
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- Location of İmralı within Marmara Region##Location of İmralı within Turkey
- Islands.area_km2
- 9.98
- Islands.coastline_km
- 19.4
- Islands.highest_mount
- Türk Tepesi
- Islands.elevation_m
- 217
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- Region
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- Marmara region
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- Province
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- Bursa Province
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- District
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- Mudanya
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Turkey
- Located in
- Bursa Province
- Area
- 13.32
- Elevation
- 217
- Body of water
- Sea of Marmara
- Location
- Mesudiye
- Image
- İmralı Adası (cropped).jpeg
- Width
- 3
- Length
- 8
- Has use
- prison
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İmralı is a small Turkish prison island in the south of the Sea of Marmara, west of the Armutlu-Bozburun peninsula within Bursa Province. It measures in the north–south direction with a width of , and has an area of . The highest peak is Türk Tepesi at an altitude of above sea level. It is prohibited to fly over it or fish near its shores.
== History == In antiquity, it was a member of the Delian League since it appears in tribute records of Athens between 434/3 and 418/7 BCE. The Roman authors Pliny the Elder and Strabo called the island Besbicus (), while in Mediaeval times, it was known as Calonymus ().
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