Kapıdağ Peninsula from top looking south, Bandırma Gulf on the left, Erdek Gulf on the right.
Kapıdağ was the classical island of ancient Greek Arctonnesus, but was joined to the mainland by a narrow isthmus in historic times either by an earthquake or (according to legend) by Alexander the Great. It was also known as the Peninsula of Cyzicus after its chief town.
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