Aegean Sea
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| Area | 214000 |
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| Max. depth | 3,544 m (11,627 feet) |
| Coordinates | 39°N |
| Etymology | Aegeus |
| Islands | Santorini |
| Rhodes | |
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| Icaria | |
| Did you know | The Dardanelles strait connects the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. |
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| ID | 1003346 |
About Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the Greek and Anatolian peninsulas, or between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. The sea has an area of some 215,000 square kilometres.
UN condemns 'deeply distressing' discovery of 92 naked migrants at Greece-Turkey border
... Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a UN address to accuse Greece of transforming the Aegean Sea into a " cemetery" with " oppressive policies" on immigration...
Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira
... " While Lesbos is a short distance from the coast of western Turkey, Kythira lies some 400km (250km) west of Turkey s coastline on the Aegean Sea and is on what has become known as the smugglers " Calabrian" route, named after their destination in southern Italy...
Channel migrants: 20 years of failures?
... The previous year, hundreds of thousands of Syrians fleeing the collapse of their country made it to the European Union by crossing the Aegean Sea in dinghies...
Poland border crisis: What happens to migrants who are turned away?
... Media caption, The family of asylum seekers trapped on Europe s edgeIn July, footage of Greek coastguard vessels violently intercepting migrants attempting to cross the Aegean Sea, broadcast on the BBC, drew a sharp rebuke from the EU...
News Daily: Starter homes pledge and Lib Dem election promise
... The 45-year-old New Zealander was rescued from the Aegean Sea, north of Crete, on Sunday...
Tourist lost at sea off Greek island 'survived by eating sweets'
... Kushila Stein, 45, from New Zealand, was rescued from the Aegean Sea, north of Crete, on Sunday...
News Daily: Thomas Cook collapse and Labour Brexit row
... It was at one such class that Gavin Extence met Zeyn, an Iranian refugee who, in a five-minute conversation, explained how he had fled Iran for the UK to seek asylum, including swimming across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece...
Gavin Extence: Sheffield author on his Syrian refugee novel
... It was at one such class that Gavin Extence met Zeyn, an Iranian refugee who, in a five-minute conversation, explained how he had fled Iran for the UK to seek asylum, including swimming across the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece...
