Andirovitha Island

Sedef Island, is one of the nine islands consisting the in the Sea of Marmara, near , . Sedef Adası is officially a neighbourhood in the Adalar district of .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Sedef Adasi” and “Sedef Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of the Princes‘ Islands and Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage.

Museum
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Museum of the Princes' Islands is a museum on Büyükada of in , Turkey dedicated to the past of the Princes' Islands.

Historic building
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The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage is a historic 20,000-square-meter wooden building on , one of the nine off the coast of , , in the Sea of Marmara.

Monastery
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is a monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Princes’ Islands and Heybeliada.

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Princes' Islands are nine islands in the Sea of Marmara, about 5 km off the Asian coast of , and part of that metropolis. In Turkish they're Prens Adaları but usually just called Adalar, the designation of their city district: Ada means an island and "-lar" makes them plural.

Suburb
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, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the in the Sea of Marmara, near , . It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, , . is situated 5 km northwest of Andirovitha Island.

Suburb
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, or Burgaz Adası, is the third largest of the in the Sea of Marmara, near , . It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, , . is situated 7 km northwest of Andirovitha Island.

Andirovitha Island

Latitude
40.85127° or 40° 51′ 5″ north
Longitude
29.14438° or 29° 8′ 40″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8GGFV42V+GQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4515732
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
739908
Wiki­data ID
Q677112
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Satellite Map

Discover Andirovitha Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uighur—“Andirovitha Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة سيدف”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sədəf adası”
  • Cebuano: “Sedef Adası (pulo sa Turkiya, İstanbul)”
  • Cebuano: “Sedef Adası”
  • Dutch: “Sedef Adası”
  • French: “Sedef Adası”
  • German: “Perleninsel”
  • German: “Sedef Adası”
  • Greek: “Αντιρόβυθος”
  • Greek: “Τερέβυνθος”
  • Italian: “Sedefada”
  • Japanese: “セデフ島”
  • Macedonian: “Седеф (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Седеф”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sedeføya”
  • Persian: “جزیره صدف استانبول”
  • Persian: “جزیره صدف”
  • Polish: “Sedef Adası”
  • Russian: “Седефада”
  • Russian: “Седефадасы”
  • Russian: “Теревинф”
  • Spanish: “Sedef”
  • Turkish: “Sedef Adası”
  • Uighur: “سەدەف ئارىلى”

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Notable Places Nearby

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