Ataturk Channel
Harbour entrance in Albany, Western Australia
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Atatürk Channel, also known as Atatürk Entrance is a water channel named after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and located at King George Sound leading to Princess Royal Harbour in Albany on the south coast of Western Australia.
| Ataturk Channel | |
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| Ataturk Entrance | |
The location of Ataturk Channel at King George Sound leading to Princess Royal Harbour. | |
  Ataturk Channel | |
| Location | South coast of Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 35.03883°S 117.91617°E |
| Type | Water channel |
| Etymology | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938), founder and first president of Turkey, who fought at Gallipoli campaign against ANZAC. |
| Part of | King George Sound |
Ocean/sea sources | Indian Ocean |
| Settlements | Albany |
The water channel was officially renamed in 1985 after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881-1938) in exchange for naming the landing beach of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) troops during the Gallipoli campaign of World War I in 1915, as ANZAC Cove in Turkey.[1][2] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, fought at the Gallipoli campaign against ANZAC.[3] Ataturk Channel is wide and deep enough to allow navigation of large ships into the Princess Royal Harbour.[1]
A life-sized standing statue of Atatürk overlooking to the channel named after him was erected in 2002.[4] The memorial is accessible walking along Stirling Terrace or from the Middleton Beach.[2]
