Imia (Ίμια) in Greek, or Kardak in Turkish is a set of two small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey. They lie 3.8 nautical miles (4.4 miles or about 7 km) west of the coast of Muğla Province, 5.5 nm (6.3 miles or about 10.1 km) east of the Greek island Kalymnos, and 2.5 nm (2.9 miles) southeast of the nearest small Greek islet, Kalolimnos. Their total surface area is 10 acres (about 40,000 m²). The islands are also referred to as Limnia in Greek, or İkizce in Turkish, or as Heipethes in some early-20th century maps. Imia/Kardak was the object of a military crisis and subsequent dispute over sovereignty between Greece and Turkey in 1996.