Iç Ada (Antalya)
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islet near Kaş
Kas
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(ancient Antiphellos), in the homonymous district of Antalya province
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. It lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
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, about five nautical miles west-southwest of the island of Kekova
Kekova
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, and about halfway between Kekova and the Greek
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islet of Stroggyli. The island has the shape of a right triangle
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elongated along a northeast-southwest axis, whose legs are 2.5 km and 1.2 km long. It is separated by the mainland by a 150 m wide strait. Iç Ada is uninhabited and is covered with macchia.
Contended between Italy
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and Turkey
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after the Italian occupation of Kastelorizo
Kastelorizo
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, the 1932 Convention between Italy and Turkey which defined the sea border between the two powers assigned it to Turkey.