Karataş Islets

Karataş Islets are two Mediterranean islets in Turkey.

The islands face Karataş ilçe (district) of Adana Province at 36.55639°N, 35.38917°W and 36.5575°N, 35.39556°W.Their distance to Karataş is less than 1 km. The area of the western islet is about 5000 m2 and the area of the eastern islet is about 7000 m2.

According to the municipality of Karataş these two islets were named "Didimae" in the antiquity. Currently, the islands are uninhabited. But, the ruins around the islets show that these islets were inhabited in the antiquity. According to the researcher İsa Besiç, during the construction of some 19th-century buildings in the mainland (Anatolia) construction material from the islets were used.