Lone Pine Cemetery & Memorial
Kanlısırt / Lone Pine
Australia's main memorial site at Gallipoli, where the Battle of Lone Pine was fought in August 1915. The memorial bears the names of nearly 5,000 men with no known graves.
Lone Pine lies on a ridge in the southern part of the Anzac battlefield. From 6 to 10 August 1915, Australian troops fought fierce trench battles here against Ottoman forces, and seven Australian soldiers were awarded the Victoria Cross. The memorial, built by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, bears the names of about 4,900 Australian and New Zealand servicemen who died on the Anzac front and have no known graves. A “Lone Pine” tree, grown from a cone of one of the battlefield pines, stands at the centre of the cemetery. The Australian commemoration ceremony is held here on 25 April. Nearby are a Turkish “Bloody Ridge” memorial and remnants of the original trenches. Free admission.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Anzac Cove
- 57th Infantry Regiment Memorial
- Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park (Çanakkale Epic Promotion Center)
- Chunuk Bair (Conkbayırı)
- Kilitbahir Castle
- Rumeli Mecidiye Bastion (Corporal Seyit)
- Dardanelles Ferry (Çanakkale–Eceabat/Kilitbahir)
- Çimenlik Castle & Naval Museum