Aydıncık Islands (also known as Gilindire Islands, ) are two small Mediterranean islands in Turkey. Their former name was Gilindire, which comes from the name of the former Roman port Kelenderis which is now Aydıncık.
They face Aydıncık ilçe (district) center in Mersin Province. Their distance to Aydıncık is about . The nearest point on the mainland is a rock cape to the east about away. The length of the bigger island at about is and the length of the smaller island at is . The distance between the two is . British admiral Francis Beaufort in his book Caramania points out that no ancient geographer has mentioned these islands Sir Francis Beaufort: Karamanya, (tr:Ali Neyzi-Doğan Türker), Akdeniz medeniyetleri Araştırma Enstitüsü, p.209
The uninhabited islands are the breeding ground of the Audouin's gull (Larus audouinii).Mersin info page
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