This is Limnos island. The very large bay in the centre, Ormos Moudrou, was the naval base for the Gillipoli campaign in WW1. The bay was full of ships and the town had supply stations and extensive hospitals. Just outside of the town is an ANZAC war cemetary. It is very well maintained and a very sobering place to visit. I photographed the information board. Hopefully you can zoom in and read it. There are a lot of New Zealand servicemen buried here along with many other nationalities. I found this grave particularly sad. It is very windy today and we are sheltered in the little harbour. It is forecast to drop down tonight and we will sail for the next island tomorrow, Lesvos here we come.
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