Anzac Cove

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Anzac Cove is a small bay on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, historically significant as the primary landing site of Australian and New Zealand troops during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
administeredBy Republic of Turkey ⓘ
linked to: Turkey
alsoKnownAs Anzac Koyu, Arıburnu ⓘ
Anzak Koyu ⓘ
associatedWith ANZAC Day commemorations ⓘ
Australian military history ⓘ
New Zealand military history ⓘ
Turkish military history ⓘ
battle Landing at Anzac Cove ⓘ
casualtiesContext heavy ANZAC casualties during Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
commemoratedBy Australian government ⓘ
Commonwealth War Graves Commission ⓘ
New Zealand government ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 40.245 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 26.279 ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of ANZAC identity and sacrifice ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1915-04-25 ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent ANZAC Day dawn service ⓘ
hasMemorial Anzac Commemorative Site ⓘ
Anzac Cove Cemetery ⓘ
linked to: ANZAC Cove Cemetery

Ari Burnu Cemetery ⓘ
Beach Cemetery ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ⓘ
length approximately 600 metres ⓘ
locatedIn Gallipoli Peninsula ⓘ
Çanakkale Province ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater Aegean Sea ⓘ
nearbyFeature Ari Burnu ⓘ
Plugge's Plateau ⓘ
Shrapnel Valley ⓘ
nearbySettlement Kabatepe ⓘ
opposedBy Ottoman 19th Division ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I

Gallipoli campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Gallipoli
protectedStatus part of Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park ⓘ
significantFor ANZAC landings of 25 April 1915 ⓘ
landing site of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ⓘ
strategicImportance intended base for advance to capture Dardanelles forts ⓘ
terrain narrow beach backed by steep ridges ⓘ
timeInUseAsBeachhead April 1915 to December 1915 ⓘ
tourismType battlefield tourism destination ⓘ
usedAs beachhead for Allied operations at Gallipoli ⓘ
usedBy Allied forces ⓘ
Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
New Zealand Expeditionary Force ⓘ
width approximately 20 metres ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lone Pine Cemetery → region → Anzac sector of Gallipoli ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Gallipoli 1915 → notableEngagement → Landing at Anzac Cove ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Helles Barracks → namedAfter → Cape Helles ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
ANZAC Cove Cemetery → namedAfter → ANZAC Cove ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Eceabat → hasNearbySite → ANZAC Cove ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
World War I battlefields → hasPart → Gallipoli Anzac sector ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Lone Pine (First World War battlefield at Gallipoli) → partOfFront → Anzac sector ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Gallipoli campaign memorials → hasPart → Anzac Cove Commemorative Site ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove
Battle of the Nek → place → Anzac sector ⓘ
linked to: Anzac Cove