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: “Big Island”, “Buy Adası”, “Büyük Adası”, and “Puga Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giresun and Keşap.

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is a city in the region, on the Black Sea coast of Turkey. In 2023 the population was 144,000.

Town
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is a town in on the coast of just to the east of the city of . It is the seat of District. Its population is 9,227. The TV sitcom Uy! Başuma Gelenler was filmed in a village in .

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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Satellite Map

Discover Giresun Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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: “Giresun eiland”
  • Dutch: “Giresuneiland”
  • German: “Aretias”
  • German: “Giresun Adasi”
  • German: “Giresun Adası”
  • German: “Giresun-Insel”
  • Greek: “Άρεος νήσος”
  • Greek: “Αρητιάς”
  • Greek: “Ἀρητιάς”
  • Greek: “νησί της Κερασούντας”
  • Greek: “Νησί της Κερασούντας”
  • Greek: “Χαλκερίτης”
  • Italian: “Isola di Ares”
  • Macedonian: “Гиресун (остров)”
  • Macedonian: “Гиресун”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Giresunøya”
  • Portuguese: “Amazon Adası”
  • Portuguese: “Areos Nesos”
  • Portuguese: “Ares”
  • Portuguese: “Aretias”
  • Portuguese: “Giresun Adası)”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha das Amazonas”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Giresun”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Guiressum”
  • Portuguese: “Puga”
  • Spanish: “Isla Giresun”
  • Turkish: “Area”
  • Turkish: “Areionesos”
  • Turkish: “Areos”
  • Turkish: “Aretias”
  • Turkish: “Chalceritis”
  • Turkish: “Giresun adası”
  • Turkish: “Giresun Adası”
  • Turkish: “Nesos”

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