Ayvalık Islands Nature Park

Ayvalık Islands are the group of islands around Ayvalık district of Turkey in Balıkesir Province in the Northeastern Aegean Sea. There are 22 islands and numerous rocks in the group, with Cunda Island, now a peninsula, being the largest. People live only on Cunda and Lale Islands. Cunda and Lale islands are linked to Ayvalık on the mainland, by a causeway enabling transportation by car. Cunda also has a ferry link from the main town, Alibey, to Ayvalık during the summer.

Wild life can be observed on the other islands, especially wild rabbits on Ilyosta Island. Also, those islands are the main points of interest to tourists as having small beaches and bays.

List of islands

Ayvalık Islands are also referred to as Yund Islands or Cunda Islands in some sources. The islands are called Εκατόνησα Hekatonisa which means "odorous islands" by the Greeks. The Greek name has different spellings such as 'Εκατόνήσος Hekatonesos, Ἀπόλλωνήσος Apollonnesos, Εκατόνησοι Hekatonnesoi or Εκατός Hekatos.

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Aegean Region
Lake Bafa · Ölüdeniz-Kıdrak
Black Sea Region
Çorum-Çatak · Hacıosman Forest · Lake Abant · Uzungöl
Marmara Region
Ayvalık Islands · Ballıkayalar · Polonezköy
Mediterranean Region
Gölcük · Kurşunlu Waterfall · Yazılı Canyon