Golden Horn
The Golden Horn is the district of Istanbul surrounding the banks of the body of water of the same name, which is a bay of the Bosphorus along its western, European coast.Photo: Juraj Patekar, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Galata Tower
The Galata Tower, officially the Galata Tower Museum, is an old Genoese tower in the Galata part of the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey.Church of St. George
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
The Patriarchal Cathedral Church of St. George is the principal Eastern Orthodox cathedral located…
Gül Mosque
Photo: Sadrettin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gül Mosque is a former Byzantine church in Istanbul, Turkey, converted into a mosque by the Ottomans.
Localities in the Area
Galata
Photo: Ggia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Galata is just north, across the Golden Horn, from the Old City of Istanbul.
Istanbul
Photo: Hanneshafner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Istanbul is a very large city of fantastic history, culture and beauty.
Eminönü
Photo: HALUK COMERTEL, CC BY 3.0.
Eminönü, historically known as Pérama, is a predominantly commercial waterfront area of Istanbul within the Fatih district near the confluence of the Golden Horn with the southern entrance of the Bosphorus strait and the Sea of Marmara.
Golden Horn
- Type: Inlet
- Description: urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey
- Categories: ria and body of water
- Location: Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.02984° or 41° 1' 47" northLongitude
28.96073° or 28° 57' 39" eastElevation
23 metres (75 feet)Open Location Code
8GHC2XH6+W7GeoNames ID
746000Wikidata ID
Q179839Golden Horn Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Goue Horing
- Arabic: القرن الذهبي
- Armenian: Ոսկե եղջյուր
- Armenian: Ոսկեղջյուր
- Basque: Urrezko Adarra
- Belarusian: Залаты Рог
- Bengali: গোল্ডেন হর্ন
- Bengali: সুবর্ণ শৃঙ্গ
- Bengali: সেরাটিনাস উপসাগর
- Bengali: হালিচ
- Bosnian: Zlatni rog
- Bulgarian: Златен рог
- Catalan: Corn d'Or
- Catalan: Corn d’Or
- Catalan: Haliç
- Chinese: Altın Boynuz
- Chinese: Haliç
- Chinese: Χ'ρυσόν' Κ'έρας'
- Chinese: Χρυσόν Κέρας
- Chinese: 哈利奇
- Chinese: 金角湾
- Chinese: 金角灣
- Chuvash: Ылтӑн Мӑйрака (Стамбул)
- Chuvash: Ылтӑн Мӑйрака
- Croatian: Zlatni rog
- Czech: Zlatý roh
- Danish: Det gyldne Horn
- Dutch: Gouden Hoorn
- Egyptian Arabic: القرن الذهبى
- Esperanto: Ora Korno
- Estonian: Kuldsarve laht
- Finnish: Kultainen sarvi
- French: Corne d'Or
- French: Corne d’Or
- Galician: Corno de Ouro
- Georgian: ოქროს რქა
- Georgian: ჰალიჩი
- German: Goldenes Horn
- German: Haliç
- Greek: Κεράτιος Κόλπος
- Greek: Κεράτιος κόλπος
- Hebrew: הליץ'
- Hebrew: הליצ'
- Hebrew: קרן הזהב
- Hungarian: Aranyszarv-öböl
- Indonesian: Tanduk Emas
- Italian: Corno d'Oro
- Japanese: ハリーチ湾
- Japanese: 金角湾
- Korean: 금각만
- Ladino: Haliç
- Ladino: Korno de Oro
- Latin: Sinus Ceratinus
- Latvian: Zelta rags
- Lithuanian: Aukso Ragas
- Macedonian: Златен Рог
- Malay: Tanduk Emas
- Norwegian: Det gylne horn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det gyldne horn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Det gylne horn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gylne horn
- Norwegian Bokmål: Haliç
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Det gylne hornet
- Persian: خلیج
- Persian: خلیج استانبول
- Persian: شاخ زرین
- Persian: شاخ طلایی
- Polish: Złoty Róg
- Portuguese: Chifre de Ouro
- Portuguese: Corno de Ouro
- Romanian: Cornul de Aur
- Russian: Золотой Рог
- Russian: Халич
- Serbian: Altın Boynuz
- Serbian: Chrysón Kéras
- Serbian: Haliç
- Serbian: Zlatni rog
- Serbian: Χρυσόν Κέρας
- Serbian: Златни Рог
- Serbian: Златни рог
- Serbo-Croatian: Zlatni rog
- Slovak: Zlatý roh
- Slovenian: Zlati rog
- Spanish: Cuerno Dorado
- Spanish: Cuerno de Oro
- Spanish: Halic
- Spanish: Haliç
- Swedish: Gyllene hornet
- Swedish: Halic
- Swedish: Haliç
- Turkish: Altın Boynuz
- Turkish: Haliç
- Ukrainian: Золотий Ріг
- Ukrainian: Халіч
- Urdu: شاخ زریں
- Vietnamese: Sừng Vàng
- Welsh: Hafan Euraid
- Western Armenian: Ոսկէ Եղջիւր
- Western Panjabi: سنہری سنگ
- Western Panjabi: شاخ زریں
- Corno d'oro
Other Places Named Golden Horn
Localities in the Area
- Yavuz Sultan SelimSuburb
- Kadı Mehmet EfendiSuburb
- KüçükmustafapaşaQuarter
- CamiikebirSuburb
- KasımpaşaQuarter
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Golden Horn. Photo: VikiPicture, CC BY-SA 3.0.