List of capes of Turkey
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 the Black Sea, the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, and the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ Westernmost point of Asia
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| Marmara | |
| Aegean | |
| Mediterranean | |
| Related geographical features | |
