!!!Akrotiri: Geography ||Location|Eastern Mediterranean, peninsula on the southwest coast of Cyprus ||Geographic Coordinates|34 37 N, 32 58 E[{GoogleMap location='34.616665,32.966667' zoom='4'}] ||Land boundaries|''total: ''48 km\\''border countries: ''Cyprus 48 km ||Coastline|56.3 km ||Elevation Extremes|NA ||Highest Mountains| ||Terrain|NA ||Natural Hazards|NA ||Natural Resource|NA ||Land Use|NA ||Climate|temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters ||Irrigated Land|NA ||Renewable Water Resources|NA ||Environment_CurrentIssues|hunting around the salt lake; note - breeding place for loggerhead and green turtles; only remaining colony of griffon vultures is on the base ||Environment - international agreements|NA ||Large Cities| ||Geography-note|British extraterritorial rights also extended to several small off-post sites scattered across Cyprus; of the Sovereign Base Area (SBA) land, 60% is privately owned and farmed, 20% is owned by the Ministry of Defense, and 20% is SBA Crown land