Native name: Boğsak Adası | |
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 View of Boğsak with the Islet on the right | |
  Boğsak Islet | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Mediterranean Sea |
| Coordinates | 36°16′02″N33°49′36″E / 36.26722°N 33.82667°E /36.26722; 33.82667 |
| Administration | |
| İl (province) | Mersin Province |
| İlçe | Silifke |
Boğsak (Turkish:Boğsak Adası) is aMediterranean islet inMersin Province,Turkey.
The 7 hectares (17 acres) islet is located 200 metres (660 ft) off shore from the main land facing a small settlement with the same name. Administratively it is a part ofİmamuşağı village ofSilifke district of Mersin Province. It is at36°16′02″N33°49′36″E / 36.26722°N 33.82667°E /36.26722; 33.82667. The distance from the main land to Silifke is 17 kilometres (11 mi) and toMersin is 100 kilometres (62 mi).
Although there is no settlement on the islet, it was inhabited in the late antiquity. Stadiasmus Maris Magni of the second half of the 3rd century mentions theλιμὴν Νησούλιον (harbor, of the small island)[1] According to an inscription of the 6th century the name of the settlement on the islet was asΆστερήα and it was probably a wealthy village, ruins of which are partially preserved .
Boğsak bay is a bay on Mediterranean coast facing east (i.e., Baoğsak islet) There are some summer houses and hotels on the bay. In the bay and around the island the popular sports activity is diving
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