Prinkipo Island
Büyükada, meaning "Big Island" in Turkish, is the largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, with an area of about 2 square miles.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Sea of Marmara (Turkey)
- Also known as: “Büyükada”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage and Museum of the Princes‘ Islands.
Prinkipo Greek Orthodox Orphanage
Historic building
Photo: Zamir Sağlıkoğlu, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Prinkipo Greek Orphanage is a historic 20,000-square-meter wooden building on Büyükada, one of the nine Princes' Islands off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey, in the Sea of Marmara.
Museum of the Princes‘ Islands
Museum
Photo: Bulentozden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Museum of the Princes' Islands is a museum on Büyükada of Princes' Islands in Istanbul, Turkey dedicated to the past of the Princes' Islands.
Hagios Giorgios Church
Monastery
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Hagios Giorgios Church is a monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Princes’ Islands and Heybeliada.
Princes’ Islands
An archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara just off the Asian coast of Istanbul, the Princes' Islands are a perfect escape whenever the frantic crowds of Istanbul start to overwhelm you.
Heybeliada
Suburb
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Heybeliada, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, Istanbul, Turkey. Heybeliada is situated 3 km northwest of Prinkipo Island.
Burgazada
Suburb
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Burgazada, or Burgaz Adası, is the third largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near Istanbul, Turkey. It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Burgazada is situated 5 km northwest of Prinkipo Island.
Prinkipo Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Prinkipo Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيوك أضه”
- Arabic: “بيوك اضه”
- Armenian: “Բյույուքադա”
- Azerbaijani: “Böyükada”
- Belarusian: “Бююкада”
- Bulgarian: “Бююкада”
- Cebuano: “Prinkipo”
- Chinese: “比于卡达”
- Danish: “Büyükada”
- Danish: “Byyykada”
- Dutch: “Buyukada”
- Dutch: “Büyükada”
- Esperanto: “Buyukada”
- Esperanto: “Büyükada”
- Esperanto: “Prinkipo”
- Finnish: “Büyükada”
- Finnish: “Prinkipo”
- French: “Büyükada”
- French: “Prinkipo”
- German: “Büyük Ada”
- German: “Büyükada”
- German: “Prinkipo”
- Greek: “Prinkipo”
- Greek: “Prinkipos”
- Greek: “Πρίγκηπος”
- Hebrew: “בויוקאדה”
- Inari Sami: “Büyükada”
- Indonesian: “Büyükada”
- Italian: “Buyukada”
- Italian: “Büyükada”
- Japanese: “ビュユカダ島”
- Japanese: “ビュユック島”
- Japanese: “プリンスィズ諸島”
- Korean: “뷔위카다섬”
- Macedonian: “Бујукада”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Büyüd Ada”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Büyükada”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Prinkipo”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Büyükada”
- Norwegian: “Büyükada”
- Persian: “بویوک آدا”
- Persian: “بیوک آدا”
- Persian: “بیوک ادا”
- Persian: “جزیره بیوک آدا”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ بیوک آدا”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ بیوک ادا”
- Persian: “جزیره پرنس”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ پرنس”
- Persian: “جزیره پرنسس”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ پرنسس”
- Polish: “Büyükada”
- Russian: “Бююкада”
- Russian: “Принкипо”
- South Azerbaijani: “بؤیوک آدا”
- Spanish: “Buyukada”
- Spanish: “Buyükada”
- Spanish: “Büyükada”
- Swedish: “Büyükada”
- Swedish: “Prinkipo”
- Turkish: “Büyük Ada”
- Turkish: “Büyükada”
- Turkish: “Prinkipo”
- Uighur: “بۈيۈك ئارال”
- Ukrainian: “Буйюкада”
- Ukrainian: “Бююкада”
- Urdu: “بیوک ادا”
- Urdu: “بیوکادا”
- Welsh: “Büyükada”
- “Büyükada”
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