Sazan Island

Sazan Island () is an Albanian uninhabited island in the Adriatic Sea. The largest of Albania's islands, it is a designated military exclusion zone; it lies in a strategically important location between the Strait of Otranto and the mouth of the Bay of Vlorë, which marks the border between the Adriatic and Ionian seas.

Key facts

Island.name: Sazan
Island.native_name: Ishulli i Sazanit
Island.image_name: Sazan_Island,_Albania_2016_02.jpg
Island.image_caption: Sazan seen from the Karaburun Peninsula
Island.area_km2: 5.7
Island.length_km: 4.8
Island.width_km: 2
Island.elevation_m: 344
Island.pushpin_map: Albania
Island.pushpin_relief: yes
Island.pushpin_label_position: left
Island.country: Albania
Island.country_admin_divisions_title: State
Island.country_admin_divisions: Vlorë County
Island.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Municipality
Island.country_admin_divisions_1: Vlorë
Lighthouse.qid: Q33412384
Lighthouse.embed: yes

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: island
Part of: Karaburun-Sazan National Marine Park
Country: Albania
Located in: Vlorë County
Population: 0
Area: 5.00
Elevation: 59
Time zone: Central European Summer Time
Body of water: Ionian Sea
Image: Sazan.jpg
Width: 2.0
Length: 4.7

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Commons category: Sazan
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Antiquity
Medieval Period
Modern Era
Post–World War II
Environment
Geography and climate
Flora and fauna
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

In 2010, of the island's surrounding marine area was designated as the Karaburun-Sazan Marine Park. In clear weather, Sazan is sometimes visible from the coast of Salento, Italy, to its west. The island has been open to the public since July 2015. The island has a surface area of . It is long and wide, and its coastline measures about .

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sazan Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.