The Karaburun Peninsula is a peninsula in the extreme western end of Turkey, a component of the larger Urla-Karaburun-ÃÂeà Âme Peninsula. The peninsula carries the same name as the town and ilçe (administrative center), Karaburun, located at a pivotal point in its extremity. It is located west of the city of ðzmir, comprised wholly within ðzmir Province and is surrounded by the Aegean Sea.
The Karaburun peninsula is bounded on the west by the Chios Strait, on the northeast and east by the ðzmir Gulf, and on the south by an isthmus in stretching between the village Balñklñova in the southeast and the Gerence Bay in the southwest. In antiquity, the peninsula was known as Melaena (ÃÂÃÂûñùýñ) and famed for its millstone quarries.
Karaburun has a warm temperature throughout the winter time, 6 to 12 ðC. In spring 16 to 22 ðC and in the summer 28+ ðC.