Aydıncık Islands

Aydıncık Islands (also known as Gilindire Islands, Aydıncık Adaları) are two small Mediterranean islands in Turkey. Their former name was Gilindire, which comes from the name of the former Roman port Kelenderis which is now Aydıncık.

They face Aydıncık ilçe (district) center in Mersin Province. Their distance to Aydıncık is about 2 km. The nearest point on the mainland is a rock cape to the east about 600 m away. The length of the bigger island at about 36.13917°N, 33.34861°W is 250 m and the length of the smaller island at 36.14083°N, 33.34972°W is 100 m. The distance between the two is 50 m. British admiral Francis Beaufort in his book Caramania points out that no ancient geographer has mentioned these islands

The uninhabited islands are known to be the breeding ground of the Audouin's gull (Larus audouinii).