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 |
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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...
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... 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...
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... 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...
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... 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...
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... 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...
Greek cliff rescue in double migrant tragedy off Lesbos and Kythira
By Paul KirbyBBC News
At least 16 women have died and another 15 people are missing after a migrant boat sank off The Greek island of Lesbos on Wednesday night.
The Greek coastguard said the dinghy had left the Turkish coast carrying 40 people in very high winds.
Elsewhere in Greece dozens of migrants were rescued when their boat hit rocks near the southern island of Kythira.
Coastguard video showed a group of people trapped beneath a cliff as rescuers pulled them to safety.
Both boats went down within hours of each other on Wednesday night and early on Thursday, hundreds of kilometres apart.
Volunteers joined rescue officials at The Top of the cliff face on Kythira, an island off the Peloponnese Region of southern Greece .
The migrant boat broke up close to The Island 's eastern harbour at Diakofti in winds of up to 70km/h (45mph) and according to Greek reports one of those on board raised The Alarm when it got into trouble.
" We could see The Boat smashing against The Rocks and people climbing up those rocks to try and save themselves, " local resident Martha Stathaki told the Associated Press news agency.
Eighty of the 95 people on board are said to have been rescued on the Kythira coast. Reports say they had originally come from Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq.
Meanwhile, on Lesbos, authorities said the bodies of 16 Young Women of African origin had been recovered after their boat went down near Thermi. Nine women were rescued and taken to The Local hospital at Mytilini. " Already today many lives lost in the Aegean, people are drowning in unseaworthy vessels. EU must act, " he tweeted.
Local officials said The Boat had left the Turkish port of Ayvali and Greek migration minister Notis Mitarachi called on Turkey to take " immediate action" to put an end to irregular migrant crossings in harsh weather. "
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 .
Last month two migrant boats landed on Kythira carrying almost 100 people, mainly from Afghanistan. More and more crossings are being made from Turkey to The Italian coast, bypassing Greece .
Source of news: bbc.com
