Morto Bay

Morto Bay is an inlet on the South West tip of Cape Helles on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey.

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 the peninsula is to the west.

The V beach, the main landing point, which is known as Ertuğrul in Turkish is close to the west border of the bay.

[5] British battleship HMS Goliath (1898), which was situated in the Bay of Morto, was tasked to bomb Turkish positions.

On 14 July 1942, Turkish submarine TCG Atılay was struck by a World War I naval mine and sank.