A
cape (headland) ( tr, 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.
[''Türkiye Turizm Atlası 2009'' İstanbul:Boyut Yayıncılık,2009`; ]
See also
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Bays of Turkey
Turkey straddles two peninsulas: Anatolia in Asia and Thrace in Europe. The surrounding seas are the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea and Mediterranean Sea. But the number of gulfs in the north (Black Sea) and the south (Mediterranean) is not ...
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Peninsulas of Turkey
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Geography of Turkey
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Capes of Turkey
Lists of landforms of Turkey
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