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:''"Castellorizon" is also the name of a song from David Gilmour's album'' On an Island, ''based on a night he spent on Kastelorizo.'' Kastelorizo, current official name in Greek is Μεγίστη/Megisti; (Turkish: ''Meis'' , Italian: ''Castelrosso''), is a small Greek island and municipality located in the Eastern Mediterranean (...)

of the Late Bronze Age period, discovered off the south coast of Turkey in the Mediterranean Sea near the city of Kaş in the province of Antalya. A Turkish sponge diver found it in 1982. It was recovered using techniques of underwater excavation in 11 consecutive campaigns of 3-4 months duration each from 1984 to 1994. (...)

Stroggyli Kastellorizou (Greek: ''Στρογγυλή Μεγίστης''; Turkish: ''Çam Adası''), also called ''Strongili'' or ''Ipsili'', is a Greek islet which lies in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, about five nautical miles south-east of the island of Kastelorizo. The island is about 1.5 km long, and up to 700 m wide. It covers an area of about 0.9 km². It is rather flat and covered with macchia (...)