List of capes of Turkey explained

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

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 peninsulaSeaProvince
FenerAnatoliaBlack SeaTrabzon
KaleAnatoliaBlack SeaGiresun
ÇamAnatoliaBlack SeaOrdu
YasunAnatoliaBlack SeaOrdu
CivaAnatoliaBlack SeaSamsun
BafraAnatoliaBlack SeaSamsun
SinopAnatoliaBlack SeaSinop
İnceAnatoliaBlack SeaSinop
UstaAnatoliaBlack SeaSinop
KerempeAnatoliaBlack SeaKastamonu
KöpekkayasıAnatoliaBlack SeaKastamonu
BabaAnatoliaBlack SeaZonguldak
PazarbaşıAnatoliaBlack SeaKocaeli
ServiThraceBlack SeaKırklareli
İğneadaThraceBlack SeaKırklareli
LimanThraceMarmara SeaTekirdağ
BozAnatoliaMarmara SeaYalova
KabsulAnatoliaMarmara SeaBalıkesir
İnceAnatoliaMarmara SeaÇanakkale
NaraThraceMarmara SeaÇanakkale
BaklaThraceAegean SeaÇanakkale
BüyükkemikliThraceAegean SeaÇanakkale
İlyasbabaThraceAegean SeaÇanakkale
MehmetçikThraceAegean SeaÇanakkale
Kum AnatoliaAegean SeaÇanakkale
Baba[4] AnatoliaAegean SeaÇanakkale
KumAnatoliaAegean SeaBalıkesir
AslanAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
KömürAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
TopAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
TekeAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
DoğanbeyAnatoliaAegean Seaİzmir
DilAnatoliaAegean SeaAydın
TekağaçAnatoliaAegean SeaAydın
FenerAnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
İnceAnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
İskandilAnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
DeveboynuAnatoliaAegean SeaMuğla
KaraAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMuğla
KadırgaAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMuğla
KurtoğluAnatoliaMediterranean Sea Muğla
İlbizAnatoliaMediterranean Sea Muğla
YediAnatoliaMediterranean Sea Muğla
YalıAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
UluAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
KırlangıçAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
ÇavuşAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
DildardeAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAntalya
AnamurAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMersin
SulusalmaAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMersin
TisanAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMersin
İncekumAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMersin
DeliAnatoliaMediterranean SeaMersin
KarataşAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAdana
PortakalAnatoliaMediterranean SeaAdana
AkıncıAnatoliaMediterranean SeaHatay ProvinceHatay

See also

References

  1. Faik Sabri Duran, Büyük Atlas (İstanbul: Kanaat Yayınevi, 2001;).
  2. Türkiye Turizm Atlası 2009 İstanbul:Boyut Yayıncılık,2009`;
  3. The capes on Lake Van are not shown
  4. Westernmost point of Asia