Çıplak Island

Çıplak Island (Turkish: Çıplak Adası, meaning "Barren ısland", Chalkis of the antiquity, in Greek known as Gymno (Greek: Γυμνό)) is an Aegean island of Turkey.

Çıplak Island
Native name:
Çıplak Adası
Çıplak Island
Çıplak Island
Geography
LocationAegean Sea
Coordinates39°17′13″N 26°35′30″E
Administration
İl (province)Balıkesir Province
İlçeAyvalık

The island at 39°17′13″N 26°35′30″E is a part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province.[1] Its distance to mainland (Anatolia) is 800 metres (2,600 ft). With an area of 230 hectares (570 acres) it is one of the bigger islands around Ayvalık.

The uninhabited island was a natural pasture for sheep breeding. Every year the shepherds used to bring sheep herd to the island. However they now complain of rabbits which infest the grazing land.[2]

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