The Ksamil Islands are four small islands located in southern Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. The islands are remote and can only be accessed by boat. The village of Ksamil

Ksamil

Ksamil is a municipality in the riviera of Southern Albania, built in 1966 and part of the Butrint National Park.It is located south of the city of Sarandë off the road to Butrint and is part of District of Sarandë...

, after whom the islands are named, is located to the east of the islands. The island contains several restaurants that are accessible by boat.

The combined areas of the four Ksamili islands is only 8.9 ha

Hectare

The hectare is a metric unit of area defined as 10,000 square metres , and primarily used in the measurement of land. In 1795, when the metric system was introduced, the are was defined as being 100 square metres and the hectare was thus 100 ares or 1/100 km2...

 and form part of the larger Butrint National Park

Butrint National Park

Butrint National Park is a national park created in November 2005 and located in the southwestern extreme of Albania. It protects 85.91 square kilometres of historic landscape, archaeology and environment...

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