Landings at Gallipoli map

A map of landings on Gallipoli
The map above covers the Gallipoli Peninsula and the Straits of the Dardanelles, measuring approximately 30km north to south and 25km west to east – from Suvla Bay in the north to Cape Helles in the south, and Çanakkale on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles in the east. The Narrows are marked, between the towns of Eceabat and Çanakkale.The three landings from the Aegean Sea on the western shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula are shown and the ground they held. The ground held from April to December 1915 that was captured at the 25 April 1915 Anzac landings at Anzac Cove and North Beach, labelled Old Anzac, is marked in orange, surrounded by a larger area marked in blue showing the ground held at Anzac from August to December 1915. Also on 25 April, the British forces landed at Helles at the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula in the south of the map. The ground held is marked in red. Cape Helles in the south, Krithia in the centre of the peninsula and the hill Achi Baba above it are marked.On 6 August 1915, the British landed at Suvla Bay immediately above the Anzac-held area. The ground held by the British there from August to December 1915 is marked in green, with the Salt Lake in the centre. Hill 60 is shown between them, with the Sari Bair range marked in a large semi-circle from northern Suvla Bay down to Kabatepe in the south, below the Anzac-held territory. Along that semi-circle are marked the summits of Hill 971, Chunuk Bair and Mal Tepe. Küçükanafarta and Büyükanafarta villages are marked in the central north of the peninsula.

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