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Arginusae
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Also known as Arginousai

thumb|Highlighted map from 1890s indicating the Arginusae islands (now Garip Islands and Kalem Island). Original map by Heinrich Kiepert (1818–1899)

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Has part
Kalem Island
Country
Turkey
Located in
İzmir Province
Body of water
Aegean Sea
Location
Bademli
Image
GaripIsland Dikili Turkey.jpg
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located in/on physical feature
Aegean Islands
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thumb|Highlighted map from 1890s indicating the Arginusae islands (now Garip Islands and Kalem Island). Original map by Heinrich Kiepert (1818–1899)

In classical antiquity, the Arginusae ( Arginousai) were three islands off the Dikili Peninsula on the coast of modern-day Turkey, famous as the site of the Battle of Arginusae during the Peloponnesian War. They were also collectively referred to as Canaea after the city of Canae on the largest island. Today two of the islands remain, while the third and largest has become attached to the mainland as a promontory near the modern village of Bademli: Baston Islands Garip Island (, literally "Strange Island"); Nisída Ázano Kalem Island (, literally "Pen Island"); Nikolo, Vráchos Nikolós Kane Peninsula or Promontory (sı), called Argennusa (; ) in antiquity, when it was an island; Canaea, Canae, Κάνη

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arginusae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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