Iztuzu Beach
İztuzu Beach is a 4.5 km long beach near Dalyan, in the Ortaca district of the Province of Muğla in southwestern Turkey. The beach is a narrow spit of land, which forms a natural barrier between the fresh water delta of the Dalyan river and the Mediterranean.Photo: Kjf webmaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Beach
- Description: protected area of natural habitats and historically significant structures in Turkey
- Also known as: “İztuzu Beach” and “Turtle Beach”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Delikada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gökbel and Dalyan.
Gökbel
Village
Photo: uğur baysan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gökbel is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Iztuzu Beach.
Dalyan
Photo: Kjf webmaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dalyan is a small resort town in Lycia on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. It's administratively part of Muğla province and in 2020 had a population of 5564.
Iztuzu Beach
- Categories: natural landscape, tourist attraction, human settlement, and landform
- Location: Muğla Province, Turkey, Eastern Mediterranean Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.78851° or 36° 47′ 19″ northLongitude
28.62195° or 28° 37′ 19″ eastOpen location code
8G8CQJQC+CQOpenStreetMap ID
way 37590224OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachWikidata ID
Q2016002
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Iztuzu Beach” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاطئ إيزتوزو”
- Arabic: “شاطئ السلاحف”
- Chinese: “伊茲圖祖海灘”
- Dutch: “iztuzu-strand”
- Dutch: “İztuzu-strand”
- Georgian: “იზთუზუს კუების სანაპირო”
- Japanese: “イズトゥズ・ビーチ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “İztuzustranda”
- Russian: “Черепаший берег Изтузу”
- Slovenian: “Plaža İztuzu”
- Spanish: “Playa Iztuzu”
- Spanish: “Playa İztuzu”
- Turkish: “İztuzu Plajı”
- Turkish: “İztuzu Tabiat Parkı”
- Ukrainian: “Черепашачий берег Ізтузу”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cami and Ticket Office & Entrance.
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