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Tavşan Adası ("Rabbit Island" in Turkish) (Greek: Neandros (Νέανδρος), the name of a mythological figure.) or Balıkçı Adası is the smallest of the Princes' Islands in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul, Turkey. It is under the administration of the Adalar (literally Islands or Isles) district of Istanbul Province. The island has an area of 40 hectares (99 acres).

On 10 April 2021, it was declared as a protected vulnerable marine area through a presidential decree.

See also

• List of islands of Turkey

40°49′10″N 29°06′45″E / 40.81944°N 29.11250°E / 40.81944; 29.11250

v t e Islands of Turkey
Black Sea	Giresun Giresun Ordu Hoynat Bartın Tavşan Kocaeli Kefken
Marmara Sea	Istanbul Princes' Islands Burgazada Büyükada Heybeliada Kaşık Kınalıada Sedef Sivriada Tavşan Yassıada Bursa İmralı Balıkesir Avşa Ekinlik Fener Koyun Marmara Paşalimanı
Aegean Sea	Çanakkale Bozcaada Gökçeada Tavşan Islands (four islands) Orak Saros (three islands) Balıkesir Akoğlu Büyük Maden Cunda Çıplak Çiçek Gez Ilyosta Lale Izmir Akça Büyükada Cıfıtkale Garip Hekim İncir Kalem Karantina Mardaliç Metelik Orak Pırnarlı Uzun Yassıca Yılan (Da Vinci) Aydın Güvercinada Panayır Muğla Arap Çatal Çelebi Görecek İkiz (two islands) Kara Karaca Kardak (disputed) Küçük Tavşan Orak Salih Sedir Toprak Tüllüce Yassı Yediadalar (seven islands)
Mediterranean	Muğla Gemiler Domuz Tersane Göcek Kızılada Antalya Kekova Iç Ada Beşadalar (five islands) Yılan Sıçan Sıçan Suluada Üçadalar (three islands) Mersin Dana Babadıl (two islands) Boğsak Aydıncık (two islands) Bozyazı Güvercin Kızkalesi Saplı Yelkenli Yılanlı Adana Karataş (two islands) Yumurtalık
Lake Van	Van Kuş Adır Akdamar Çarpanak

References

1. "Smallest island in Marmara Sea registered as protected area - Türkiye News". Hürriyet Daily News. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

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