Cape Tisan is a headland on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Mersin Province, Turkey. Τhe name is a distorted form of Ἀφροδισιᾶν (Aphrodisian; as many ancient names of places in Turkish from the accusative of the Greek name Ἀφροδίσιας).

Geography

The cape is near to

Yeşilovacık Yeşilovacık (former Hacıisaklı) is a town in Mersin Province, Turkey. Geography Yeşilovacık is a Mediterranean coastal town at . It is a part of Silifke district which in turn is a part of Mersin Province. The town is on the state highw ...

town in Silifke district of Mersin Province. It is at The distance to Silifke is and to

Mersin Mersin (), also known as İçel, is a large city and a port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of Mersin Province, Mersin (İçel) Province. It is made up of four municipalities and dis ...

is .

The cape and the surrounding

The cape is actually the southernmost point of a circular spit of roughly diameter connected to the mainland by an isthmus. The spit is famous for being home to

Aphrodisias of Cilicia Aphrodisias ( grc, Ἀφροδισιάς), sometimes called Aphrodisias of Cilicia to distinguish it from the town of the same name in Caria, was a port city of ancient Cilicia whose ruins now lie near Cape Tisan in Mersin Province, Turkey. Ge ...

and the istmus has a pair of bays one in each side. In the Middle Ages the east bay was named ''Limni Aphrodisias'' and the west bay was named ''Limni Etheros''.History page
Modern popular names are ''Cleopatra's bay'' for the east bay and ''Pirates' bay'' ( tr, Korsan koyu) for the west bay. Both bays are popular beaches and in fact the cape is named after a site of marine resorts just north of the isthmus. However owing to dominant lodos winds of the Mediterranean coast, the Pirates' bay is not as sheltered as the Cleopatra's bay.

References

{{Mersin Province Tisan Landforms of Mersin Province Silifke District