Morto Bay
Morto Bay is an inlet on the South West tip of Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. The bay is in the north west (European) coast of the Dardanelles strait, which connects the Sea of Marmara to Aegean Sea. The Gallipoli Peninsula is to the north of the bay. Administratively it is a part of Çanakkale Province. The width of the bay is about The name of the bay is probably of Italian origin. Cape Helles was the main landing area for the Gallipoli invasion and HMS Ocean sank in Morto Bay after failing to save HMS Irresistible. History Morto bay is known for several military activities in the past. Dardanelles Campaign On 18 March 1915 during the naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, the British battleship was struck by a naval mine. It drifted to the Bay of Morto, and eventually sank. During the land battles of the Dardanelles Campaign, the Allies of World War I landed at five different beaches of Hellespont. They were called S, V,W,X and Y by the Allies. The S-beach, which is known as Eski Hisarlık in Turkish, is the east border of the bay and Sedd el Bahr, the tip of