Burgazada
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| Waters | Sea of Marmara | |
| Archipelago | Prince Islands | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 52 '48 " N , 29 ° 3' 44" E | |
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| length | 1.7 km | |
| width | 1.6 km | |
| surface | 1.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Bayraktepe 170 m |
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| Residents | 1587 (2000) 1058 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Burgaz | |
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Burgazada (also Burgazadası , or Burgaz , Greek Αντιγόνη Andigoni ) is the third largest of the Prince Islands in the Marmara Sea near Istanbul and belongs to the Adalar district .
The island got its previous name Antigoni from Demetrios I. Poliorketes , who built a fortification of the same name in memory of his father Antigonus I. Monophthalmos .
Evliya Çelebi describes the island in detail in Seyahatnâme , a travelogue about the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century.
Burgazada is the setting for many stories by the Turkish writer Sait Faik , who lived on the island. A museum was set up in his honor at Burgazada.
Web links
Commons : Burgazada - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Information about Burgaz (English)