Kocaeli Peninsula

The Kocaeli Peninsula lies in the northwest corner of , , separating the and the Sea of Marmara on the Asian side of the strait of Bosphorus.
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  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: Turkish peninsula
  • Also known as: İzmit Peninsula”, “Kocaeli Yarimadasi”, and “Mesothynia

Kocaeli Peninsula

Latitude
41° north
Longitude
29.5° or 29° 30′ east
Elevation
237 metres (778 feet)
Open location code
8GHF2G22+22
Geo­Names ID
742864
Wiki­data ID
Q2596787
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Kocaeli Peninsula” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: شبه جزيرة كوكايلي
  • Azerbaijani: Kocaeli yarımadası
  • Bulgarian: Витиния, Коджаели
  • Bulgarian: Витински полуостров
  • Cebuano: Kocaeli Yarımadası
  • Croatian: Kocaeli (poluotok)
  • Croatian: Kocaeli
  • Esperanto: Duoninsulo Kocaeli
  • French: Kocaeli Yarımadası
  • French: péninsule de Kocaeli
  • French: Péninsule de Kocaeli
  • German: Kocaeli
  • German: Mesothynia
  • Hebrew: חצי האי קוג’אלי
  • Italian: penisola di Kocaeli
  • Lithuanian: Kodžaelio pusiasalis
  • Low German: Kocaeli
  • Low German: Mesothynia
  • Mainfränkisch: Kocaeli
  • Mainfränkisch: Mesothynia
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kocaelihalvøya
  • Russian: Вифинский полуостров
  • Russian: Коджаэли
  • South Azerbaijani: قوجاائلی یاریم‌آداسی
  • Turkish: Kocaeli Yarımadası
  • Ukrainian: Віфінський півострів
  • Ukrainian: Коджаелі
  • Uzbek: Kojaeli
  • Uzbek: Vifin yarim oroli
  • Uzbek: Vifin Yarim Oroli

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