Belen Pass
The Belen Pass, known in antiquity as the Syrian Gates, is a pass through the Nur Mountains located in the Belen District of Hatay Province in south-central Turkey.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 404 metres
- Description: Pass through the Nur Mountains, Turkey
- Also known as: “Bailan Pass”, “Beilan Pass”, and “Syrian Gates”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belen and Soğukoluk.
Belen
Town
Photo: Chanilim714, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Belen is a municipality and district of Hatay Province, Turkey. Its area is 184 km2, and its population is 34,449.
Soğukoluk
Village
Soğukoluk is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Belen, Hatay Province, Turkey. Its population is 352. Its distance to Belen is 6 kilometres and to Antakya is 47 kilometres.
Belen Pass
- Categories: mountain pass, col, and landform
- Location: Belen İlçesi, Hatay, Mediterranean Turkey, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.48129° or 36° 28′ 53″ northLongitude
36.22529° or 36° 13′ 31″ eastElevation
404 metres (1,325 feet)Open location code
8G8RF6JG+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 8757660104OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Belen Pass” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ممر بيلين”
- Armenian: “Ալեքսանդրետտայի դուռ”
- Armenian: “Աման”
- Armenian: “Ամանի լեռնանցք”
- Armenian: “Ամանիդես”
- Armenian: “Ամանիկա”
- Armenian: “Ամանոս”
- Armenian: “Ամանոսի դռներ”
- Armenian: “Ամանոսի լեռնանցք”
- Armenian: “Ամանոսյան գռներ”
- Armenian: “Ամանոսյան դրունք”
- Armenian: “Անցք Ասորվոց”
- Armenian: “Ասորական գռներ”
- Armenian: “Ասորական դուռ”
- Armenian: “Ասորիքի դռներ”
- Armenian: “Արըսլանրողազ”
- Armenian: “Բաղրասբելի”
- Armenian: “Բելսւնի կիրճ”
- Armenian: “Բեյլանգեչիղի”
- Armenian: “Բորդելլա”
- Armenian: “Գալանըգգսւբու”
- Armenian: “Գարագափու”
- Armenian: “Գուրթկուլաղ”
- Armenian: “Դամիրգափը”
- Armenian: “Դամիրդափու”
- Armenian: “Դամիրկափու”
- Armenian: “Դարագափու”
- Armenian: “Դեմիրկափու”
- Armenian: “Դրունք Անտիոքա”
- Catalan: “Portes Síries”
- Cebuano: “Top Boğazı”
- Czech: “Belenský průsmyk”
- Czech: “Syrská brána”
- Hebrew: “מעבר בלן”
- Hebrew: “שערי סוריה”
- Italian: “Passo di Beilan”
- Italian: “Passo di Belen”
- Japanese: “ベレン峠”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belen Geçidi”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Belenpasset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Den syriske porten”
- Persian: “گذرگاه بلن”
- Spanish: “Puertas Sirias”
- Turkish: “Belen Geçidi”
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