Tavşan Adası (Istanbul)
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| Waters | Sea of Marmara | |
| Archipelago | Prince Islands | |
| Geographical location | 40 ° 49 '10 " N , 29 ° 6' 45" E | |
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| length | 850 m | |
| width | 350 m | |
| surface | 0.4 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 40 m | |
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Tavşan Adası ( Turkish for ' Hare Island', Greek Νέανδρος Neandros ) is the smallest and southernmost of the Prince Islands near Istanbul and belongs to the Adalar district .
history
In Byzantine times , the island served as a quarry. The patriarch Ignatios I founded a monastery on the island, the remains of which can still be seen today. Residents of the Greek island of Andros migrated to Tavşan Adası and named it New Andros .
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