Yılan Island

Yılan Island (Yılan Adası, literally Snake Island) is a Mediterranean island in Turkey. It is administratively a part of Kaş ilçe (district) of Antalya Province at 36.21472°N, 29.35472°W.

At the past it was one of the Xenagorou islands (Ξεναγόρου νῆσοι).

The uninhabited island is a long island where the longer dimension (south west to north east) is over 2 km. The shortest distance to the main land (Anatolia) is about 1.5 km.Sıçam Island, a smaller island is to the north east of Yılan Island. The deep sea to the southern shore of the island is ideal for underwater sports.