Sıçan Island ( tr, Sıçan Adası) is an islet in the

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. In the history the islet had a number of names. According to Prof. Mustafa Adak, the oldest name of the islet was ''Lyrnateia''. During the Roman Empire era it was called ''Attelebussa'' (grasshopper) . Italian seamen of the Medieval Ages used the name ''Renathia''.

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the famous

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traveler of the 17th century called the island ''Güvercin'' (dove) and ''Kuş'' (bird). In the 19th century its name was ''Rasat'' (observation) Sırtçantam periodical
/ref> The islet faces a small fishing port to the west of

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at . Its distance to the mainland (

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) to north west is less than . Its surface area is about .There is a ramp from west to east of the islet and the east side is a high cliff. The uninhabited islet is attractive for the divers. The maximum depth in the sandy west coast is . But the depth in the east coast is .Antalya online page
/ref> There is also an underwater cave in the east.

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