Kızkumu
Kızkumu is an area of 600 metre shallow water that divides this bay of Turkey into two and is part of Orhaniye District of the city Muğla in Turkey. According to the legend, a girl who wants to reach her lover fills her skirt with sand and start moving ahead in the sea by filling the sea with her sand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castabus and Hisarönü.
Castabus
Hamlet
Castabus or Kastabos was a town of ancient Caria. Diodorus says Hemithea was carried off by Apollo and deified at Castabus. The city came under Rhodian control, as part of the Rhodian Peraia, no later than 300 BC. Castabus is situated 3½ km northeast of Kızkumu.
Hisarönü
Village
Photo: allen watkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hisarönü is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Kızkumu.
Bayırköy
Village
Bayırköy is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey. Its population is 633. Bayırköy is situated 6 km southeast of Kızkumu.
Kızkumu
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Kız Kumu”
- Categories: bay and tourism
- Location: Muğla Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
36.75746° or 36° 45′ 27″ northLongitude
28.13003° or 28° 7′ 48″ eastOpen location code
8G8CQ44J+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 6475149785OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q6454772
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Norwegian Nynorsk to Russian—“Kızkumu” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kizkumu”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kızkumu”
- Russian: “Девичья коса”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Swimming pool of the Palmiye and Marti Marina.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kızkumu”. Photo: Nevit, CC BY-SA 3.0.