İzmir Parachute Tower
İzmir Parachute Tower is a parachute tower located within Kültürpark in İzmir, Turkey. It was built in 1937 by the Turkish Aeronautical Association. It is one of the two parachute towers in the country.
- Tourist attraction
- …lies at an elevation of 5 metres (16 feet)
- …is also known as “Paraşüt Kulesi”
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- …stands 48 metres (157 feet) tall
- Description: tower in İzmir, Turkey
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kültürpark and St. John’s Cathedral (İzmir).
St. John’s Cathedral (İzmir)
St. John's Cathedral is a cathedral in İzmir, Turkey. St. John’s Cathedral (İzmir) is situated 420 metres west of İzmir Parachute Tower.
Yunuslu Havuz
Yunuslu Havuz is a fountain, which is situated 160 metres south of İzmir Parachute Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kemeraltı and Izmir.
Izmir
İzmir is a port on the Central Aegean coast of Turkey, known in antiquity as Smyrna.
Konak
Town
Konak is a municipality and district of İzmir Province, Turkey.
İzmir Parachute Tower
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Latitude
38.42746° or 38° 25′ 39″ north
Longitude
27.14417° or 27° 8′ 39″ east
Open location code
8GC9C4GV+XM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Turkish—“İzmir Parachute Tower” goes by many names.
İzmir Paraşüt KulesiTurkish
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