page_title: Tenedos
section_title: Geography and climate
hierarchical_section_title: Tenedos / Geography and climate
caption_attribution_description: English: NASA astronaut image of Bozcaada Island (Turkey) in Aegean Sea.Türkçe: NASA astronot fotoğrafı,Bozcaada,Ege Denizi,(Türkiye).
context_page_description: Tenedos, or Bozcaada in Turkish, is an island of Turkey in the northeastern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively, the island constitutes the Bozcaada district of Çanakkale province. With an area of 39.9 km² it is the third largest Turkish island after Imbros and Marmara. In 2011, the district had a population of 2,472. The main industries are tourism, wine production and fishing. The island has been famous for its grapes, wines and red poppies for centuries. It is a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.
  Tenedos is mentioned in both the Iliad and the Aeneid, in the latter as the site where the Greeks hid their fleet near the end of the Trojan War in order to trick the Trojans into believing the war was over and into taking the Trojan Horse within their city walls. The island was important throughout classical antiquity despite its small size due to its strategic location at the entrance of the Dardanelles.
context_section_description: Tenedos is roughly triangular in shape. Its area is 39.9 km² (15 sq mi). It is the third largest Turkish island after Marmara Island and Imbros (Gökçeada). It is surrounded by small islets, and is situated close to the entrance of the Dardanelles. It is the only rural district (ilçe) of Turkey without any villages, and has only one major settlement, the town center.
  Geological evidence suggests that the island broke away from the mainland producing a terrain that is mainly plains in the west with hills in the Northeast, and the highest point is 192 metres (630 ft). The central part of the island is the most amenable to agricultural activities. There is a small pine forest in the Southwestern part of the island.  The westernmost part of the island has large sandy areas not suitable for agriculture.
  The island has a Mediterranean climate with strong northern winds called etesians.  Average temperature is 14 °C (57 °F) and average annual precipitation is 529 millimetres (20.8 in). There are a number of small streams running from north to south at the southwestern part of the island. Freshwater sources though are not enough for the island so water is piped in from the mainland.
caption: Satellite picture of the island
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