Ada Kaleh
Romania
Ada Kaleh was a pocket-sized Ottoman Turkish island on the Danube, submerged in 1970 when the Iron Gates hydroelectric dam was built. Once a free port and acknowledged smuggler's haven, it operated as a de facto Ottoman exclave — overlooked at the 1878 Congress of Berlin and remaining nominally under the Sultan until 1923. Its Turkish Muslim inhabitants produced Turkish delight, baklava, rose oil, and rose marmalade, and were known for Turkish oil wrestling. The island no longer exists, but its story remains part of the Iron Gates region's history.
- Nearest water from center 0.0 km0.0 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 4.0 km2.5 mi
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Climate · monthly averages
J
-1°30°
65mm2.5in
F
0°32°
60mm2.3in
M
5°40°
65mm2.6in
A
10°50°
75mm2.9in
M
15°59°
85mm3.4in
J
19°66°
80mm3.2in
J
21°70°
70mm2.8in
A
21°70°
55mm2.2in
S
16°61°
65mm2.5in
O
10°51°
70mm2.7in
N
5°41°
70mm2.8in
D
0°32°
70mm2.8in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗