[1] The nearest point on the mainland (Anatolia) is about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the north east.

Offered for sale under a single title deed in 2006, the islands were sold to Fiyapı, a Turkish development group in 2010.

[3] In 2007 the Guardian newspaper in the UK published a story claiming that a group on the Greek island of Lesbos planned to buy the island, but the sale was never completed.

[4] Since 2016, the island is owned by the Savings Deposit Insurance Fund of Turkey.

[5] In 2015 an international group of archaeologists claimed that Garip Island was a lost island in the eastern Aegean that was once home to the ancient city of Kane (Canae).