Cape Helles
Cape Helles is the rocky headland at the southwesternmost tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey. It was the scene of heavy fighting between Ottoman Turkish and British troops during the landing at Cape Helles at the beginning of the Gallipoli campaign in 1915.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cape
- Description: rocky headland in Turkey
- Also known as: “Hallesi”, “Helas Burnu”, “Ilias Baba Burnu”, “Ilyas Burnu”, “Ilyas Burun”, “İlyasbaba Burnu”, and “Mehmetcik Burnu”
- Historically known as: “Cape Greco”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Helles Memorial and Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
Helles Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Helles Memorial is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission war memorial near Sedd el Bahr, in Turkey, on the headland at the tip of the Gallipoli peninsula overlooking the Dardanelles.
Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: GaryBlakeley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lancashire Landing Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. It contains the graves of some of the Allied troops killed during the Battle of Gallipoli.
Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial
Park
Photo: Onderkokturk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial is a war memorial commemorating the service of about 253,000 Turkish soldiers who participated at the Battle of Gallipoli, which took place from April 1915 to December 1915 during the First World War.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sedd el Bahr and Alçıtepe.
Sedd el Bahr
Village
Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Sedd el Bahr is a village in the Eceabat District, Çanakkale Province, Turkey. It is located at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey. The village lies east of the cape, on the shore of the Dardanelles.
Alçıtepe
Village
Photo: Hüseyin Öcal, CC BY 3.0.
Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia, is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula.
Kumkale
Village
Kumkale is a village in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,016. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town.
Cape Helles
- Category: landform
- Location: Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.04302° or 40° 2′ 35″ northLongitude
26.17524° or 26° 10′ 31″ eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open location code
8GG825VG+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 27802461OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cape
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Cape Helles” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رأس هيليس”
- Azerbaijani: “Qelles burnu”
- Catalan: “cap de Hel·le”
- Catalan: “cap Helles”
- Catalan: “Cap Helles”
- Catalan: “Mehmetçik Burnu”
- Cebuano: “Mehmetçik Burnu”
- Chinese: “海麗絲岬”
- Chinese: “赫勒海角”
- French: “cap Helles”
- French: “Cap Helles”
- German: “Kap Helles”
- Japanese: “ヘレス岬”
- Latin: “Masturia” (historical)
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kapp Helles”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hellesneset”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kapp Helles”
- Norwegian: “Kapp Helles”
- Polish: “Przylądek Helles”
- Portuguese: “Cabo Helles”
- Russian: “Геллес”
- Russian: “Мыс Геллес”
- Spanish: “Cabo Helles”
- Turkish: “Helles Burnu”
- Urdu: “کیپ ہیلس”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cape Helles Light and Göz Tepe.
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