Cape Helles forms the southernmost part of the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey.
It resides to the west of the opening of the Dardanelles, the landscape consisting primarily of a rocky outcrop with a series of nullahs running through the earth like veins from the higher ground at the village of Krithia and the peak of Achi Baba at a height of 200m above sea level.
This is the site of the amphibious invasion by the British and French forces that took place on April 25th, 1915 during World War One. It was here that heavy fighting ensued to force Turkey out of the war. Fighting continued until the full evacuation of the British in early January, 1916. This was the site of a British defeat and a failed operation to successfully take control of the peninsula.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintains the Helles Memorial to this day.