Jeff Gordon's fifth victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday was not only historic in its place on one of racing's greatest stages, but also for the new win tally -- 90 -- it rolls up for this certain future NASCAR Hall of Famer.
A view of the Dardanelles from a ship. The Gallipoli peninsula (/É¡ÉËlÉªpÉµli/ ; Turkish: Gelibolu YarÄ±madasÄ±; Greek: ÎºÎ±Î»Î»Î¯ÏÎ¿Î»Î·) is located in Turkish Thrace (or East Thrace), the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.ap of ancient Gallipoli. In ancient times, the Gallipoli Peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonesus (from Greek ÏÎµÏÏÏÎ½Î·ÏÎ¿Ï, peninsula) to the Greeks and later the Romans. It was the location of several prominent towns, including Cardia, Pactya, Callipolis (Gallipoli), Alopeconnesus, Sestos, Madytos, and Elaeus.
Map: the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915. Map of the Turkish forts and minefields in the Dardanelles and on the Gallipoli Peninsula 1915. This map of the Turkish Gallipoli peninsula shows the forces on both sides at the time of the landing.The Anzac area is in the centre of the map.An arrow shows the landing at Anzac Cove, with an associated text box.he attack on Gallipoli was one of the more imaginative strategies of the First World War. The German army had delivered a crushing blow to Russia at Tannenberg at the start of the war and had been driving eastwards.