Ayvalık Islands are the group of islands around Ayvalık

Ayvalik

Ayvalık is a seaside town on the northwestern Aegean coast of Turkey. It is a district of the Balıkesir Province.It was alternatively called by the town's formerly indigenous Greek population, although the use of the name Ayvalık was widespread for centuries among both the Turks and the Greeks...

 district of Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 in Balıkesir Province

Balikesir Province

Balıkesir Province is a province in midwestern Turkey, having coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale to the west, İzmir to the southwest, Manisa to the south, Kütahya to the southeast, and Bursa to the east. The provincial capital is Balıkesir City...

 in the Northeastern Aegean Sea

Aegean Sea

The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...

. There are 22 islands and numerous rocks in the group, with Cunda Island

Cunda Island

Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, is a small island in the northwestern Aegean Sea off the coast of Ayvalık, part of Balıkesir Province of Turkey. With an area of 23 km², it is by far the largest island in the Ayvalık Islands group. It is located 16 km east of Lesbos, Greece...

, now a peninsula, being the largest. People live only on Cunda and Lale Islands. Cunda and Lale islands are linked to Ayvalık on the mainland, by a causeway enabling transportation by car. Cunda also has a ferry link from the main town, Alibey, to Ayvalık during the summer.

Wild life can be observed on the other islands, especially wild rabbits on Ilyosta Island. Also, those islands are the main points of interest to tourists as having small beaches and bays.

List of islands

Ayvalık Islands are also referred to as Yund Islands or Cunda Islands in some sources. The islands are called Εκατόνησα Hekatonisa which means "odorous islands" by the Greeks

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

. The Greek name has different spellings such as 'Εκατόνήσος Hekatonesos, Ἀπόλλωνήσος Apollonnesos, Εκατόνησοι Hekatonnesoi or Εκατός Hekatos.

• Akoğlu Island / Kedi adası (Kopano)
• Cunda Island
  Cunda Island
  Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, is a small island in the northwestern Aegean Sea off the coast of Ayvalık, part of Balıkesir Province of Turkey. With an area of 23 km², it is by far the largest island in the Ayvalık Islands group. It is located 16 km east of Lesbos, Greece...
  
  / Alibey Adası (Nesos=Ada, Mosko, Yunda, Moshonisi, Moshinos=Kokuluada)
• Çıplak Island (Chalkis, Cimno)
• Çiçek Island (Argistra, Angistri)
• Gizli kayalar Island / Secret Rocks (Petro=Rock)
• Göz Island
• Güvercin Island / Kızlar Manastırı Island / Madiens' Monastery Island (St. Giorgio / Aya Yorgi)
• Hasır Island (Sefiri)
• İkiz Kayalar Island / Twin Rocks (Daskali, Daskalio)
• İlyosta Büyük / Güneş / Fener / Grand Ilyosta Island (Ilyosta, Eleos=Güneş, Oilios)
• İlyosta Küçük / Yumurta /Little Ilyosta Island (Kilyosta, Eleos Pulo)
• Kalemli Island (Kalamaki)
• Kara Island / Balkan / Kutu (Kudho)
• Kara ada Island / Kamış adası / Akvaryum (Kalamo, Kalamos)
• Küçük Karaada Island
• Büyük Karaada Island / Balık adası / Tavşan (Psariano=Balık)
• Kayabaşı Island
• Kılavuz Island / Mosko / Pınar / Klavuz (Mosko Pulo)
• Kız Island (Ulya)
• Kumru Island
• Lale Island / Dolap / Soğan (Kromido)
• Büyük Maden Island / Maden (Pirgo, Pordoselene, Pirgos=kale)
• Küçük Maden Island
• Melina Island
• Mırmırcalar Island
• Pirgos kayalıkları (Rocks)
• Poyraz Island / İncirli / Yellice (Leyah)
• Sazlı Island / Oker
• Taş Island(Klavo)
• Taşlı Island
• Tavuk Island (St Yoannis)
• Tüzüner Island
• Yalnız Island
• Yelken Island
• Yuvarlak Island (Kalamo Pulo)

External links

• Images of Cunda (Alibey) Island