Lancashire Landing Cemetery
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: GaryBlakeley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: war cemetery in Cape Helles, Turkey
- Also known as: “Lancashire Çıkarması Mezarlığı”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Helles Memorial and Çanakkale Martyrs’ Memorial.
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 1 km southeast of Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
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 Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
Skew Bridge Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Jll, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skew Bridge Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery containing the remains of Allied troops who died during the Battle of Gallipoli, including the youngest British soldier. Skew Bridge Cemetery is situated 2½ km east of Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
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 6 km northeast of Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
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 10 km southeast of Lancashire Landing Cemetery.
Lancashire Landing Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Eceabat, Çanakkale Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
40.05353° or 40° 3′ 13″ northLongitude
26.17344° or 26° 10′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8GG8353F+C9OpenStreetMap ID
way 217554472OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q4222835
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Lancashire Landing Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “兰开夏登陆公墓”
- Hungarian: “Lancashire Landing katonai temető”
- Russian: “Кладбище на месте высадки Ланкаширского десанта”
- Swedish: “Lancashire Landing Cemetery”
- Turkish: “Lancashire Landing Mezarlığı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lancashire Landing Cemetery and Beach X.
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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 “Lancashire Landing Cemetery”. Photo: GaryBlakeley, CC BY-SA 3.0.