Giresun Island

Giresun Island is a small island that has an area of 4 hectares and lies 1.2 km from the city of on the southeastern coast of .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island off Giresun, Turkey, the ancient Aretias
  • Also known as: “Amazon Adası”, “Area”, “Areionesos”, “Areos”, “Areos Nesos”, “Ares”, “Aretias”, “Big Island”, “Buy Adası”, “Büyük Adası”, “Chalceritis”, “Giresun Adasi”, “Giresun Adası)”, “Giresun eiland”, “Ilha das Amazonas”, “Isola di Ares”, “Nesos”, “Puga”, “Puga Island”, “Άρεος νήσος”, “Αρητιάς”, and “Χαλκερίτης”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giresun and Keşap.

Photo: Zcebeci, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in the region, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey.

Town
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is a town in on the …

Giresun Island

Latitude
40.92933° or 40° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude
38.43671° or 38° 26′ 12″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8GGWWCHP+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 362384141
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
746880
Wiki­data ID
Q1526709
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Turkish—“Giresun Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة جايرصن”
  • Armenian: “Գիրեսուն կղզի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Giresun adası”
  • Cebuano: “Giresun Adası”
  • Chinese: “吉雷松島”
  • Croatian: “Giresun (otok)”
  • Croatian: “Giresun”
  • Dutch: “Giresuneiland”
  • German: “Giresun Adası”
  • German: “Giresun-Insel”
  • Greek: “Ἀρητιάς”
  • Greek: “νησί της Κερασούντας”
  • Greek: “Νησί της Κερασούντας”
  • Macedonian: “Гиресун (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Гиресун”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giresunøya”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Giresun”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Guiressum”
  • Spanish: “Isla Giresun”
  • Turkish: “Giresun Adası”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Aksu and Aydınlar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ada Hastanesi and Çerkez Plajı.

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