24 Apr 2010

Underwater terrain at Gallipoli to be mapped

10:09 am on 24 April 2010

A archaeological team from New South Wales is going to Turkey next month to map the underwater area off Gallipoli.

The team also hopes to find military relics like the remains of small boats, ammunition and what is left of battlefield jetties.

NSW state maritime archaeologist Tim Smith says it is important these items are comprehensively documented.

He told the ABC it will be the first comprehensive archaeological mapping of the underwater terrain at Gallipoli, which, he said, had not really been looked at as part of the overall battlefields.