Göcek Island

{{Short description|Island in Turkey}}

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| name = Göcek Island

| native_name = Göcek Adası

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| native_name_lang =Turkish

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| coordinates = {{coord|36|43|36|N|28|56|21|E}}

| location = Mediterranean Sea

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| country = Turkey

| country_admin_divisions_title = İl (province)

| country_admin_divisions = Muğla Province

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = İlçe

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Fethiye

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Göcek Island is a Mediterranean island of Turkey.

Administratively the island is a part of Fethiye ilçe (district) of the Muğla Province at {{coord|36|43|36|N|28|56|21|E}}.[http://www.haritatr.com/harita/Gocek-Adasi/74665 Map page ] The island faces Göcek a touristic town and a small port. The island is a natural breakwater and it protects Göcek from most of the winds. The length of the island (from north to south) is {{convert|2|km}}. Its distance to nearest coast (Anatolia) is about {{convert|700|m}}.

The island is uninhabited. But there are beaches in both the east and the west shore and there is a quay in the east shore (so called İncirli) for boat services from Göcek.[https://karyayolu.wordpress.com/karia-kiyilari/adalar/gocek-adasi/ Wordpress {{in lang|tr}}]

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