Kalem Island (, literally "Pen Island") is an Aegean island of

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. Administratively, the island is a part of

Dikili Dikili is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area is 534 km2, and its population is 47,360 (2022). The district is quite picturesque both along its Aegean shoreline and in its inland parts, and is a popular summer r ...

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(district) of

İzmir Province İzmir Province () is a province and metropolitan municipality of Turkey in western Anatolia, situated along the Aegean coast. Its capital is the city of İzmir, which is in itself composed of the province's central 11 districts out of 30 in to ...

at . It is close to Bademli town and its distance to main land (

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) is about . It is a narrow island where the maximum length in the north to south direction is about The island and

Garip Island Garip Island consists of two islands (the larger island is 88 acres) off the coast of Dikili ilçe in İzmir Province, Turkey. Together they are called the Garip Islands (), at the cut point of Dikili's Bademli Bay. Both islands face the Greek is ...

to the west were known as two of the three Arginusae islands (

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: Ἀργινούσαι ''Arginóusai'') in antiquity (the third island

Canae Canae (; ) was, in classical antiquity, a city in ancient Aeolis, on the island of Argennusa in the Aegean Sea off the modern Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, near the modern village of Bademli. Today Argennusa has joined ...

is now a peninsula). The naval

battle of Arginusae The Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the Peloponnesian War near the city of Canae in the Arginusae Islands, east of the island of Lesbos. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by eight ''strategoi'' defeated a Spartan flee ...

was fought around Kalem island in 406 B.C. The island is a private property. There is a hotel and a beach for tourists and divers.

Gallery

Northern tip of Kalem Island with hotel.jpg, Northern tip of Kalem Island with hotel Kalem Island southern coast.jpg, Kalem Island southern coast Coming around the south eastern tip of Kalem Island.webm, Coming around the south eastern tip of Kalem Island Kalem rocks on southern tip.jpg, Rocks on the southern tip of the coast of Kalem Island, Turkey North west coast of Kalem island with hotel 2.jpg, North west coastal tip of Kalem Island with hotel North west coast of Kalem Island with hotel.jpg, North west coast of Kalem Island with hotel Hotel on north west coast of Kalem Island.jpg, Hotel on north west coast of Kalem Island Rocks northwest of Kalem island.jpg, Rocks northwest of Kalem island North eastern coast of Kalem Island.jpg, North eastern coast of Kalem Island Kalem Island stratified rocks.jpg, Kalem Island stratified rocks Gap between Kalem Island south coast on right and mainland Bademli, Turkey.jpg, Gap between Kalem Island south coast on right and mainland Bademli, Turkey Unfinished hotel on east coast of Kalem Island.webm, Unfinished hotel on east coast of Kalem Island

References

External Links

Oliviera Private Island Hotel
- Oliveria Hotel on the island. {{Islands of Turkey Aegean islands Islands of Turkey Islands of İzmir Province Dikili District