List of capes of Turkey
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A cape (headland) (Turkish: burun) is a point of land extending into the sea. Turkey, being a country of two big peninsulas (Anatolia and Thrace) is surrounded by four seas and has many capes. The surrounding seas (counter-clockwise from the north) are Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea.)
The list[edit]
The following list gives the names of capes of Turkey. The names are sometimes used with the suffix burun which means cape. [1][2]
Cape [3] | Main peninsula | Sea | Province |
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Fener | Anatolia | Black Sea | Trabzon |
Kale | Anatolia | Black Sea | Giresun |
Çam | Anatolia | Black Sea | Ordu |
Yasun | Anatolia | Black Sea | Ordu |
Civa | Anatolia | Black Sea | Samsun |
Bafra | Anatolia | Black Sea | Samsun |
Sinop | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
İnce | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
Usta | Anatolia | Black Sea | Sinop |
Kerempe | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kastamonu |
Köpekkayası | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kastamonu |
Baba | Anatolia | Black Sea | Zonguldak |
Pazarbaşı | Anatolia | Black Sea | Kocaeli |
Servi | Thrace | Black Sea | Kırklareli |
İğneada | Thrace | Black Sea | Kırklareli |
Liman | Thrace | Marmara Sea | Tekirdağ |
Boz | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Yalova |
Kabsul | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Balıkesir |
İnce | Anatolia | Marmara Sea | Çanakkale |
Nara | Thrace | Marmara Sea | Çanakkale |
Bakla | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Büyükkemikli | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
İlyasbaba | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Mehmetçik | Thrace | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Kum | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Baba[4] | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Çanakkale |
Kum | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Balıkesir |
Aslan | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Kömür | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Top | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Teke | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Doğanbey | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | İzmir |
Dil | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Aydın |
Tekağaç | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Aydın |
Fener | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
İnce | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
İskandil | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
Deveboynu | Anatolia | Aegean Sea | Muğla |
Kara | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Kadırga | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Kurtoğlu | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
İlbiz | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Yedi | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Muğla |
Yalı | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Ulu | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Kırlangıç | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Çavuş | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Dildarde | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Antalya |
Anamur | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Sulusalma | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Tisan | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
İncekum | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Deli | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Mersin |
Karataş | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Adana |
Portakal | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Adana |
Akıncı | Anatolia | Mediterranean Sea | Hatay |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Faik Sabri Duran, Büyük Atlas (İstanbul: Kanaat Yayınevi, 2001; ISBN 975-7537-04-7).
- ^ Türkiye Turizm Atlası 2009 (İstanbul:Boyut Yayıncılık,2009`; ISBN 978-975-23-0634-9
- ^ The capes on Lake Van are not shown
- ^ Western most point of Asia