Great Ilyosta Island

Büyük İlyosta Island
Native name: Büyük İlyosta Adası
	Büyük İlyosta Island
	Büyük İlyosta Island
Geography
Location	Aegean Sea
Coordinates	39°19′36″N 26°32′14″E / 39.32667°N 26.53722°E
Administration
	Turkey
İl (province)	Balıkesir Province
İlçe	Ayvalık

Büyük Ilyosta Island (literally "Great Ilyosta Island", also called Güneş Island ("Sun Island") is an Aegean island of Turkey. The name of the island is a changed form of the Greek name Eleos.^[1]

The island at 39°19′36″N 26°32′14″E / 39.32667°N 26.53722°E / 39.32667; 26.53722 is a part of Ayvalık ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province. Although the name of the island has the modifier "great", it is actually a medium size island of about 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi). Its distance to main land (Anatolia) is about 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) and to Greek island Lesbos is 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi). The sea around the island is a popular diving spot.

References

^ "Ayvalık periodical" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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[1] "Ayvalık periodical" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2017-03-13.

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