Cape Baba
Cape Baba or Cape Lecton is the westernmost point of the Turkish mainland, making it the westernmost point of Asia. It is located at the village of Babakale, Ayvacık, Çanakkale, in the historical area of the Troad.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Cape
- …lies at an elevation of 2 metres (7 feet)
- …is also known as “Lectum Promontorıum”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tomb of Baba Sultan and Babakale Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Babakale and Kocaköy.
Babakale
Cape Baba
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Latitude
39.47958° or 39° 28′ 47″ north
Longitude
26.06347° or 26° 3′ 49″ east
UN/LOCODE
TR BBP
Open location code
8GF8F3H7+R9
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Ukrainian—“Cape Baba” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Λεκτόν”
- Arabic: “رأس بابا”
- Azerbaijani: “Baba burnu”
- Basque: “Baba lurmuturra”
- Belarusian: “Баба”
- Belarusian: “Мыс Баба”
- Bulgarian: “Баба”
- Catalan: “Baba”
- Cebuano: “Baba Burnu (punta sa Turkiya, Çanakkale)”
- Cebuano: “Baba Burnu”
- Chinese: “巴巴角”
- Czech: “Baba”
- Czech: “mys Baba”
- Czech: “Mys Baba”
- Dutch: “Cape Baba”
- Esperanto: “Kabo Baba”
- French: “cap Baba”
- French: “Cap Baba”
- German: “Kap Baba”
- Greek: “Ακρωτήριο Λεκτόν”
- Italian: “Capo Baba”
- Japanese: “ババ岬”
- Kabardian: “Бабэ”
- Latvian: “Babas rags”
- Lithuanian: “Babo kyšulys”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Baba”
- Polish: “Baba”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Baba”
- Russian: “Баба”
- Russian: “Лектон”
- Russian: “мыс Баба”
- Serbian: “Рт Баба”
- Spanish: “Cabo Baba”
- Swedish: “Kap Baba”
- Turkish: “Baba Burun”
- Turkish: “Bababurnu”
- Ukrainian: “Баба”
- “Baba Koyu”
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