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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Samos | |
Chios | |
Mykonos | |
Kos | |
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...
Channel migrants: 20 years of failures?
... 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...
Poland border crisis: What happens to migrants who are turned away?
... 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...
News Daily: Starter homes pledge and Lib Dem election promise
... 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...
News Daily: Starter homes pledge and Lib Dem election promise
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The reason? The legislation needed to push The Project forward was never passed, it says. This means that sites in Plymouth, Bury, Basildon, Stockport, Bridgwater, Cinderford and Bristol are now being used for housing more generally, rather than all of it being affordable.
Labour says ministers have wasted years and millions of pounds. But the government says it has a "great track record" on housing and has delivered More Than 430,000 affordable homes since 2010.
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Meanwhile, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will pledge to "get Brexit sorted" within six months if he becomes Prime Minister . This follows criticism from Conservative leader Boris Johnson that his opponent needs to "Come Clean " on his policy regarding the UK leaving the EU. where the parties stand on Brexit.
And, with 37 Days until the election,
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Tourist lost at sea 'survived on sweets'Kushila Stein survived 37 hours alone at sea on an exposed dinghy by eating a "handful of boiled lollies" and wrapping herself in plastic bags for protection against the night-time cold. The 45-year-old New Zealander was rescued from the Aegean Sea , north of Crete, on Sunday. How did she get there and what happened to her?
Plus, - up to a month - Stranded at sea? And
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Within the Soviet Union itself, it did, killing 21 pro-independence protesters in the Soviet Republic of Georgia. But elsewhere in The Communist bloc, they did not. In a break with Soviet policy, Mikhail Gorbachev decided against using The Threat of military might to quell mass demonstrations and political revolution in neighbouring countries.
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