Important Bird Areas in Turkey, ("The Ildir bay is situated between the Cesme and Karaburun peninsulas, west of Izmir. The bay has two groups of uninhabited islands. One, situated at the mouth of the bay, consists of Karaada, Toprak, Kucuckada, Uzunada, and a few smaller island, with a total area of 830 ha. Karaada island, the largest (670 ha) and highest (218 m), has steep cliffs on its western and eastern shores. It is also known as Goni or Esek (donkey) island, due to the presence of feral donkeys on the island.")
Mediterranean Pilot, Volume 4, p. 187 (4th ed. 1908) (1908 British publication refers to it as "Goni island" as the largest of the group)
Kiminas, Demetrius. The Ecumenical Patriarchate, p. 88 (2009) (referencing the smaller islands of "Gouni", "Kara Ada" in Turkish; Plakia, "Toprak Ada" in Turkish), as located in the Erythres Gulf, Turkish "Ildir Korfezi")
