Kapıdağ Peninsula
Kapıdağ Peninsula is a tied island in northwestern Anatolia extending into the Sea of Marmara in Balıkesir Province, Turkey. The peninsula forms the Gulf of Bandırma on its east and the Gulf of Erdek on its west.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: tombolo in Balıkesir Province, northwestern Turkey
- Also known as: “Artaki Peninsula”, “Artakı Peninsula”, “Erdek”, “Kapi Dagh”, “Kapidag Peninsula”, “Kapidagi Yarimadasi”, “Kapu Dagh”, and “Peninsula of Cyzicus”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Turan and Erdek.
Erdek
Erdek is a town on the coast of Southern Marmara Region in Turkey. It's the principal town on the Kapıdağ Peninsula, with a navy base and a straggling resort strip: in 2012 the district population was 32,958.
Kapıdağ Peninsula
- Categories: tied island and landform
- Location: Balıkesir Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Kapıdağ Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة كابيداغ”
- Bulgarian: “Кизик (полуостров)”
- Bulgarian: “Кизик”
- Catalan: “Cap de l’Artaqui”
- Cebuano: “Kapıdağı Yarımadası (lawis sa Turkiya, Balıkesir)”
- Cebuano: “Kapıdağı Yarımadası”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος της Κυζίκου”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapıdağ Yarımadası”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapıdağhalvøya”
- Russian: “Капыдагы”
- Turkish: “Kapıdağ Yarımadası”
- Turkish: “Kapıdağ”
- Turkish: “Kapıdağı Yarımadası”
- Turkish: “Kapıdağı”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ormanlı and Yukarıyapıcı.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kese Hill and Kapı Dağı.
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