Cape Helles Light
Cape Helles Light is a lighthouse in Eceabat, Çanakkale Province. Cape Helles Light is situated nearby to Helles Memorial, as well as near the village Sedd el Bahr.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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. Helles Memorial is situated 440 metres northeast of Cape Helles Light.
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. Lancashire Landing Cemetery is situated 1 km north of Cape Helles Light.
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. Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial is situated 4 km east of Cape Helles Light.
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. Alçıtepe is situated 7 km northeast of Cape Helles Light.
Kumkale
Village
Kumkale is a village in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. Its population is 1,016. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town. Kumkale is situated 9 km southeast of Cape Helles Light.
Cape Helles Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Also known as: “Cape Helles Lighthouse”, “Helles Light”, “Mehmetcik Burnu Feneri”, “Mehmetçik Feneri”, “Mehmetcik Light”, and “Mehmetçik Light”
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Eceabat, Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.04412° or 40° 2′ 39″ northLongitude
26.17453° or 26° 10′ 28″ eastElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8GG825VF+JROpenStreetMap ID
node 1579295276OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
11377023
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