Çiçek Islands

Çiçek Islands is an island group in the Gulf of İzmir, Turkey, located off the coast of Urla. The island group includes Akça, İncirli Island, Pırnarlı Island, Yassıca Island, Arap Islets, and Körtaş Islets.[1][2] Çiçek Islands are considered as an Important Bird Area.[3]

Geography

The island group includes Akça, İncirli Island, Pırnarlı Island, Yassıca Island, Arab Islets, and Körtaş Islets.[1][2] It is located in the Gulf of İzmir, off the coast of Urla.

Geology

Çiçek Islands were formed during the Middle Miocene geological period.[4]

Flora and fauna

Quercus ilex, Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyrea latifolia, Arbutus unedo, and Olea europea are the most common plants on the island group.[5] It houses a significant amount of Caspian gulls (Larus cachinnans).[5] For this reason, it is considered as an Important Bird Area.[3] It also hosts the Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus).[5]

Economy

The islands, which are uninhabited, are important destinations for daily tourism.[5] There are fish farms off the shores of the islands.[5][6]

See also

• Foça Islands

References

1. Tolon, Mahmut (19 July 2019). "Urla adaları isimleri". Gözlem Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. Tolon, Mahmut (29 March 2019). "Uluç Hanhan ile Urla Adaları üzerine..." (in Turkish). yarimada.org. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
3. "Çiçek Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
4. Göktaş, Fikret (2016). "İzmir -Dış- Körfezi'ndeki Adaların Neojen Stratigrafisi" [Neogene Stratigraphy of the İzmir -Outer- Bay Islands] (PDF). Mineral Research and Exploration Journal (in Turkish) (152): 1–24. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
5. "Çiçek Adaları" (in Turkish). Doğa Derneği. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
6. Yıldırım, Şükrü; Özden, Osman (2007). "Ağ Kafeslerde Balık Yetiştiriciliğine Uygun Deniz Sahası Belirlenmesinde Örnek Bir Çalışma" [A Sample Study in Determining Appropriate Marine Site Selection for Net Cage Culture] (PDF). E.U. Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences (in Turkish). 24 (1–2): 185–189.