Meis

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Meis is the Turkish name for Kastellorizo, a small Greek island in the eastern Mediterranean near the Turkish coast.

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Meis canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
populated place
area_km2 about 9
bodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea
borderContext close to Greece–Turkey maritime boundary
capital Kastellorizo town
linked to: Kastellorizo
country Greece
distanceToRhodes_km about 125
distanceToTurkishCoast_km about 2
hasAirport Kastellorizo Island Public Airport
hasFerryConnectionTo Kaş (Turkey)
linked to: Kaş

Rhodes
hasLocalName Kastellorizo
Kastellórizo
linked to: Castellorizo
hasNameInLanguage Megisti (Greek)
Meis (Turkish)
hasNotableFeature Blue Cave (sea cave)
Byzantine and medieval fortifications
colorful waterfront houses
natural harbor
hasPort Kastellorizo port
hasSettlement Kastellorizo town
linked to: Kastellorizo
highestPoint_m about 273
ISOCode GR-81 (Dodecanese regional unit)
languageSpoken Greek
Turkish (by some visitors and locals)
locatedEastOf Rhodes
locatedIn Dodecanese
South Aegean administrative region
linked to: South Aegean

eastern Mediterranean Sea
locatedNear Antalya Province
Kaş (Turkey)
linked to: Kaş

Turkish coast
locatedSouthOf Anatolia
partOf Dodecanese island group
linked to: Dodecanese
population a few hundred inhabitants
primaryEconomicActivity fishing
tourism
religion Greek Orthodox Christianity
sovereignState Greece
strategicImportance affects Greece–Turkey maritime zones in eastern Mediterranean
timezone Eastern European Time
timezoneDST Eastern European Summer Time
transferredTo Greece in 1947
usedToBePartOf Italian Islands of the Aegean
linked to: Dodecanese

Ottoman Empire

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