Cyprus in its entirety, with the Karpass Peninsula in the northeast

Golden Beach at Karpaz Peninsula, at sunset

The Karpass Peninsula (Greek: Καρπασία, Turkish: Karpaz), also known as Karpasia or Karpas is a long, finger-like peninsula that is one of the most prominent geographical features of the island of Cyprus. Its farthest extent is Cape Apostolos Andreas, and its major population centre is the town of Rizokarpaso (Greek: Ριζοκάρπασο, Turkish: Dipkarpaz). Since 1974 the peninsula resides within the de facto Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Karpass Peninsula is home to wild donkeys which are known as the symbol of Cyprus. There are some campaigns carried out by Turkish and Greek Cypriots to save the endangered donkeys in Karpass.^[1]

Coordinates: 35°31′40″N 34°16′38″E / 35.527756°N 34.277344°E / 35.527756; 34.277344

Karpaz Gate Marina (KGM) is due to open in the Karpaz Peninsula of Northern Cyprus on schedule in May 2011. It’s a marina destination in the eastern Mediterranean and should be an important maintenance centre. It will be the first luxury yacht marina to open in Northern Cyprus and will have facilities to accommodate boats up to 65m in length. It will offer berths for 300 yachts, 16 of these superyachts.

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• Platform "No! fuel terminal in Karpaz"

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