Orak Island
Orak Island is an Aegean island in Turkey The island faces Foça in the gulf of İzmir at. Its distance to coast is about 400 metres. The longer dimension of the island is 2 kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Turkey
- Also known as: “Deprano”, “Drépano”, “Nisída Drépano”, “Nisída Drépanon”, and “Orak Adasi”
- Historically known as: “Drepano Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Incir Ada and Kayalar Mosque.
Incir Ada
Island
Incir Ada is a Turkish island and a part of the Foça Islands group. It is a popular destination for recreation by locals and tourists The islands and surrounding bays hold the only seal colonies in Turkey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Foça.
Foça
Photo: Haluk Comertel, CC BY 3.0.
Foça is a town in the Central Aegean region of Turkey, 60 km north of Izmir. It's a beach resort easily within a day-trip of the city and in 2019 it had a population of 32,264.
Orak Island
- Categories: forest, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: İzmir Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.69245° or 38° 41′ 33″ northLongitude
26.71732° or 26° 43′ 2″ eastElevation
40 metres (131 feet)Open location code
8GC8MPR8+XWOpenStreetMap ID
way 297270176OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forestOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Orak Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة أوراك (إزمير)”
- Arabic: “جزيرة أوراك”
- Cebuano: “Orak Adası (pulo sa Turkiya, İzmir)”
- Cebuano: “Orak Adası”
- French: “Orak”
- Russian: “Орак”
- Turkish: “Orak Adası”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Foça Special Environmental Protected Area and Fener Adası.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Orak Island”. Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.