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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Islands of Lake Van, Islands of the Sea of Marmara, North Aegean islands, Uninhabited islands of Turkey, Lemnos, Imia/Kardak, Samos, Imbros, Akdamar Island, Princes' Islands, Tenedos, Icaria, List of islands of Turkey, Psara, Agios Efstratios, Marmara Island, Chios, Galatasaray Islet, Fournoi Korseon, Heybeliada, mral, Ikaria, Kekova, Oinousses, Buyukada, Samiopoula, Ayval k Islands Nature Park, Yass ada, Chryse Island, Giresun Island, Cunda Island, Sivriada, Rabbit Islands, K nal ada, Dolichiste, Sedef Island, Av a, Dana Adas, Antipsara, Burgazada, Sedir Island, Gokceada, Ka k Island, Ic Ada, Antalya, Koukonesi, Pa aliman, Ammouliani, Kara Ada, Elaea, Akca, Garip Island, Southern Sporades, Buyuk Ada, Arter Island, Catalada, Ktuts Island, Nissiopi, ncirburnu, Gokceada, Incir Ada, Kucuk Tav an Adas, Lim Island, Salih Ada, Karg Adas, Y lanc k Ada, Metalik Ada, Fener Ada, Foca Islands. Excerpt: Imia (Greek: , Turkish: ) is a pair of two small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey. They lie 3.8 nautical miles (7.0 km; 4.4 mi) west of the coast of Mu la Province, 5.5 nmi (10.2 km; 6.3 mi) east of the Greek island Kalymnos, and 2.5 nmi (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) southeast of the nearest small Greek islet, Kalolimnos. Their total surface area is 10 acres (4.0 ha). The islands are also referred to as Limnia in Greek, or kizce in Turkish, or as Heipethes in some early-20th century maps. Imia/Kardak was the object of a military crisis and subsequent dispute over sovereignty between Greece and Turkey in 1996. The Imia-Kardak dispute is part of the larger Aegean dispute, which also comprises disputes over the continental shelf, the territorial waters, the air space, the Flight Information...