Akrotiri Geography Profile 2006

Location

peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus

Geographic coordinates

34 37 N, 32 58 E

Map references

Middle East

Area

total: 123 sq km
note: includes a salt lake and wetlands

Area - comparative

about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries

total: 47.4 km
border countries: Cyprus 47.4 km

Coastline

56.3 km

Climate

temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

Environment - current issues

shooting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base

Geography - note

British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus