Cunda Island

Cunda Island
Island
A view from Cunda (Alibey Island)
Cunda Island Location in Turkey
Coordinates: 39°21′38″N 26°38′34″E / 39.36056°N 26.64278°E / 39.36056; 26.64278
Country	Turkey
Province	Balikesir
Area
• Total	26.8 km2 (10.3 sq mi)
Population
• Total	3,321
Time zone	UTC+3 (TRT)

Cunda Island, also called Alibey Island, (Turkish: Cunda Adası, Alibey Adası), Greek Moschonisi (Greek: Μοσχονήσι or Μοσχόνησος), is the largest of the Ayvalık Islands archipelago in Turkey, which was historically called the Εκατόνησα (Hekatonisa) or Μοσχονήσια (Moschonisia) archipelago in Greek. It lies in the Edremit Gulf on the Turkey's northwestern coast, off the coast of Ayvalık in Balıkesir Province, Turkey, with an area of 26.8 square kilometres (10 sq mi).^[1] It is located 16 kilometres (10 miles) east of Lesbos, Greece.