Middle East
Turkey
Antalya Province

Kekova Island

Kekova is a small island near district of Antalya province which faces the villages of Kaleköy and Üçağız. Kekova has an area of 4.5 km2 and is uninhabited. It was known as in antiquity.
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Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Coastline
  • Description: island off the southwestern coast of Turkey
  • Also known as: “Dolichiste”, “Kakava”, and “Kekova”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Teimiussa.

Ruins
Photo: Paris 15, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also spelt Teimioussa or Timiussa, also known as Tristomon, was a port town of ancient Lycia, near the ancient settlement Tyberissus. The name is not attested in history, but is derived from epigraphic and other evidence.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kaleüçağız and Kaleköy.

Village
Photo: Kadı, CC BY 4.0.
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 517.

Neighborhood
Photo: Kurt Basis, CC BY 3.0.
is a village of the district in the of , located between and , on the Mediterranean coast. faces the island of , and can be reached by sea or on foot from Üçağız.

Village
is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 520.

Kekova Island

Latitude
36.1824° or 36° 10′ 57″ north
Longitude
29.8785° or 29° 52′ 43″ east
Open location code
8G8F5VJH+X9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4629656
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Wiki­data ID
Q2666727
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Kekova Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كيكوفا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kekova adası”
  • Catalan: “Kekova”
  • Cebuano: “Kekova Adası”
  • Dutch: “Kekova”
  • French: “Apollonie de Lycie”
  • French: “Kekova”
  • German: “Kekova”
  • Greek: “Κέκοβα”
  • Hebrew: “קקובה”
  • Italian: “Kekova”
  • Japanese: “ケコヴァ”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kekova”
  • Persian: “ککووا”
  • Russian: “Каравола”
  • Russian: “Кекова”
  • Slovenian: “Otok Kekova”
  • Spanish: “Kekova”
  • Turkish: “Doliche”
  • Turkish: “Dolichiste”
  • Turkish: “Kekova”
  • Ukrainian: “Кекова”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kekova Island”. Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 4.0.