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Princes’ Islands

An archipelago of nine islands in the Sea of Marmara just off the of , the Princes' Islands are a perfect escape whenever the frantic crowds of Istanbul start to overwhelm you.
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  • Type: Town with 14,500 residents
  • Description: group of islands in the Marmara Sea and a district of Istanbul, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Adalar”, “Adalar, Istanbul”, “Büyükada”, “Istanbul Islands”, “Kizil Adalar”, “Princes‘ Islands”, “Principum Insulae”, “Prinkipo”, and “Бююкада”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Trotsky House and Büyükada Çarşı Mosque.

Photo: Bertilvidet, CC BY 2.5.

Mosque
Photo: Jelican9, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mosque
Photo: Karakalem, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heybeliada.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, or Heybeli Ada, is the second largest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, near , . It is officially a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Adalar, , . is situated 2½ km west of Princes’ Islands.

Princes’ Islands

Latitude
40.87417° or 40° 52′ 27″ north
Longitude
29.12933° or 29° 7′ 46″ east
Population
14,500
Elevation
65 metres (213 feet)
Open location code
8GGFV4FH+MP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 965795474
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
750249
Wiki­data ID
Q1020668
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Princes’ Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Prinse-eilande”
  • Arabic: “أدا لار”
  • Arabic: “جزر الأمراء”
  • Armenian: “Իշխանաց կղզիներ”
  • Armenian: “Փրինս կղզիներ”
  • Asturian: “Adalar (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Adalar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Adalar”
  • Azerbaijani: “Şahzadə adaları”
  • Bashkir: “Атауҙар”
  • Bashkir: “Ҡыҙыл утрауҙар”
  • Bashkir: “Шаһзада утрауҙары”
  • Bashkir: “Ыстамбул утрауҙары”
  • Belarusian: “Прынцавы астравы”
  • Bosnian: “Adalar”
  • Bulgarian: “Принцови острови”
  • Catalan: “Illes dels Prínceps”
  • Cebuano: “Adalar (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Kızıl Adalar (kapuloan sa Turkiya)”
  • Cebuano: “Kızıl Adalar”
  • Chechen: “Адалар”
  • Chinese: “Adalar”
  • Chinese: “王子岛群”
  • Chinese: “王子島群”
  • Chinese: “王子群島”
  • Czech: “Princovy ostrovy”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Adalar”
  • Dutch: “Prinseneilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Insuloj de Princoj”
  • French: “Adalar”
  • French: “Îles aux Princes”
  • French: “Iles des Princes”
  • French: “îles des Princes”
  • French: “Îles des Princes”
  • Galician: “Illas Príncipe”
  • Georgian: “ადალარი”
  • German: “Adalar”
  • German: “Prinzeninseln”
  • Greek: “Πριγκηπόνησα”
  • Greek: “Πριγκηπονήσια”
  • Greek: “Πριγκηπόννησα”
  • Greek: “Πριγκιπονήσια”
  • Greek: “Πριγκιπόννησα”
  • Hebrew: “איי הנסיכים”
  • Hungarian: “Adalar”
  • Hungarian: “Herceg-szigetek”
  • Hungarian: “Prens Adaları”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Pangeran”
  • Irish: “Adalar”
  • Italian: “Adalar”
  • Italian: “Isole dei Principi”
  • Japanese: “アダラル”
  • Japanese: “クズル諸島”
  • Japanese: “プリンシズ諸島”
  • Japanese: “プリンスィズ諸島”
  • Japanese: “プリンス諸島”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Adalar”
  • Korean: “프렌스섬”
  • Kurdish: “Adalar”
  • Latin: “Adalar”
  • Latin: “Insulae Principum”
  • Latvian: “Stambulas ila arhipelāgs”
  • Lithuanian: “Adalaras”
  • Macedonian: “Принцевски Острови”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Princes‘”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Princes’”
  • Malay: “Princes‘ Islands”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രിൻസ് ദ്വീപുകൾ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Adalar”
  • Mingrelian: “ადალარი”
  • Mingrelian: “მაფასქირიშ კოკეფი”
  • Mingrelian: “სტამბოლიშ კოკეფი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჭითა კოკეფი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prinseøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Prinseøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Prinseøyene”
  • Ossetian: “Принцы сакъадæхтæ”
  • Persian: “جزایر پرنس”
  • Polish: “Adalar”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Książęce”
  • Portuguese: “Adalar”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas dos Príncipes”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Principilor”
  • Russian: “Адалар”
  • Russian: “Буюкада”
  • Russian: “Принцевы острова”
  • Serbian: “Kızıl Adalar”
  • Serbian: “Prinčevska ostrva”
  • Serbian: “Πριγκηπονήσια”
  • Serbian: “Адалар”
  • Serbian: “Монашка острва”
  • Serbian: “Народна острва”
  • Serbian: “Принчева острва”
  • Serbian: “Принчевска острва”
  • Serbian: “Црвена острва”
  • Slovak: “Kizil Adalar”
  • Slovak: “Princove ostrovy”
  • Slovenian: “Kızıl Adalar”
  • Slovenian: “Prens Adaları”
  • Slovenian: “Prinčevi otoki”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آدالار”
  • Spanish: “Adalar”
  • Spanish: “Islas de los Príncipes”
  • Spanish: “Islas Principe”
  • Spanish: “Islas Príncipe”
  • Swahili: “Adalar”
  • Swedish: “Kızıl Adalar”
  • Tatar: “Адалар”
  • Turkish: “Adalar (ilçe merkezi)”
  • Turkish: “Adalar”
  • Turkish: “İstanbul Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Kızıl Adalar”
  • Turkish: “Prens Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Принцеві острови”
  • Ukrainian: “Принцівські острови”
  • Urdu: “جزائر پرنس”
  • Uzbek: “Qiziladalar”
  • Uzbek: “Shahzoda orollari”
  • Vietnamese: “Adalar”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Hoàng Tử”
  • Western Mari: “Адалар”
  • Western Panjabi: “رتے جزیرے”

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