Strongili
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Strongyli Kastellorizou also called Strongili or Ipsili, is a Greek
islet which lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
, about five nautical mile
s south-east of the island of Kastelorizo
. The island is about 1.5 km long, and up to 700 m wide. It covers an area of about 0.9 km2. It is rather flat and covered with macchia. The islet has no permanent residents.
Strongyli is the easternmost Greek Territory. Administratively it is part of the Municipality of Megisti
. The 2001 Greek census showed a population of nine inhabitants. It has a lighthouse
, which has the characteristic of being the easternmost building in Greece. The Turkish
name for the island is Çam Adası.
Greece
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islet which lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
, about five nautical mile
Nautical mile
The nautical mile is a unit of length that is about one minute of arc of latitude along any meridian, but is approximately one minute of arc of longitude only at the equator...
s south-east of the island of Kastelorizo
Kastelorizo
Kastelorizo, , is a Greek island and municipality located in the southeastern Mediterranean. It lies roughly off the south coast of Turkey, about 570 km southeast of Athens and east of Rhodes, almost halfway between Rhodes and Antalya and to Cyprus...
. The island is about 1.5 km long, and up to 700 m wide. It covers an area of about 0.9 km2. It is rather flat and covered with macchia. The islet has no permanent residents.
Strongyli is the easternmost Greek Territory. Administratively it is part of the Municipality of Megisti
Kastelorizo
Kastelorizo, , is a Greek island and municipality located in the southeastern Mediterranean. It lies roughly off the south coast of Turkey, about 570 km southeast of Athens and east of Rhodes, almost halfway between Rhodes and Antalya and to Cyprus...
. The 2001 Greek census showed a population of nine inhabitants. It has a lighthouse
Lighthouse
A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways....
, which has the characteristic of being the easternmost building in Greece. The Turkish
Turkish language
Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...
name for the island is Çam Adası.