Uzunada
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Uzunada or Uzun ada is an island situated at the entry of the Gulf of İzmir
Gulf of Izmir
The Gulf of İzmir , formerly known as the Gulf of Smyrna, is a gulf on the Aegean Sea, with its inlet between the peninsula of Karaburun and the mainland area of Foça...

 on the west coast 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...

. It is situated between the Karaburun Peninsula, Turkey in the west, and the district of Foça
Foça
Foça is town and district in Turkey's İzmir Province.The town of Foça is situated at about north by northwest of İzmir city center. The district also has a township with own municipality named Yenifoça , also along the shore and at a distance of from Foça proper...

 in the east. Stretching over a length of c. 9 km in north-south direction, it is Turkey's fourth largest island, and its third largest in the 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...

. It is also known under its Greek names of Makronisi ("long island") or Englezonisi ("Englishmen's island"). To its south are several smaller islets, including Yassıca.

"Uzunada" is also the name of several other, smaller islets along the Turkish Aegean coast.
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