Ataturk Channel

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
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 / -35.03883; 117.91617
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

A view of Ataturk Channel

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]