Gelibolu (TRGEL)

Gallipoli is an alternative name for Gelibolu.

Summer.

Gelibolu also known as Gallipoli located at the entrance to the sea of Marmara.

Anchorage may be obtained in a depth of 24.0m, mud, approx 0.3nm from the head of the inlet. From a position approx 1nm WNW of Camli (Gelibolu) Adasi (37°00'N 028°14'E), an islet lying 0.17nm off the entrance point, the fairway leads SE and ESE to the anchorage passing (with positions given from Camli Adasi): NE of the rocky shoal (1.5nm W) lying approx 0.275nm off the N coast of Orta Ada, then: NE of Capa Burnu (0.8nm WSW), the W entrance point, then: SW of a rock, with a depth over it of 4.9m (0.25nm W), the outer of 2 shoal heads lying near the end of a rocky spit extending approx 0.3nm W from Camli Adasi. In order to avoid these dangers it is necessary to keep close to the SW shore of the inlet. Small vessels may anchor nearer the town observing that the shorebank extends 1.5nm from the N shore of the bay.

The fairway has a width of approx 0.5nm.

BA 1004, 2429. Admiralty Pilot NP24, NP286(3).

Coastguard standby on VHF Ch 16.

Compulsory for all foreign vessels berthing or unberthing at a Turkish port and anchorage area or Turkish vessels with 150m LOA or more passing through the Dardanelles Straits. Pilot embarked at position 40°24.5'N 026°40.95'E.

Prevailing winds: N'ly.

Traffic Control Centre (VTS): VHF: Ch 11. Gelibolu Pilot: VHF: Ch 16, 71.