Başiskele Limanlar

Başiskele Limanlar is a bay in , .

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Eversole and SEKA Paper Museum.

Museum
Photo: KeRR, CC BY 2.5.
was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy, the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant John T. Eversole, a naval aviator who was killed in the Battle of Midway.

Museum
The , a.k.a. SEKA Mehmet Ali Kağıtçı Paper Museum, is a museum of industrial heritage in Kocaeli district, northwestern Turkey. Situated in a former pulp and paper mill, it is dedicated to papermaking in Turkey. The museum was opened in 2016.

Railway station
Izmit station is a railway station on the Istanbul-Ankara railway and is the main station in Izmit, . The station is located on the shore of the Izmit Bay next to the D100 and at the western end of Cumhuriyet avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Izmit and Derince.

İzmit is an industrial city in the region of Turkey, just over 100 km east of Istanbul. It's at the tip of the sword-like Gulf of İzmit, a long inlet of the Sea of Marmara, and in 2021 had a population of 367,990.

Town
is a seaport, municipality and district of , . Its area is 198 km2, and its population is 146,374. The mayor is Sertif Gökçe.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 217 km2, and its population is 175,940. is located on the southern shore of the , which is the easternmost inlet of the Sea of Marmara.

Başiskele Limanlar

Latitude
40.7205° or 40° 43′ 14″ north
Longitude
29.8849° or 29° 53′ 6″ east
Open location code
8GGFPVCM+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12914973770
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Karşıyaka and Atakent.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Karşıyaka Sahili and Karşıyaka Sahil Parkı.

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