PLUGGE'S PLATEAU CEMETERY (21 burials) is the smallest cemetery on the Peninsula and is only accessible along a steep footpath from behind Shrapnel Valley Cemetery. The plateau was named after Colonel Arthur Plugge, commanding the Auckland Battalion, who placed his headquarters there.

Although the smallest cemetery at Anzac — 17 identified graves and four unidentified - Plugge’s Plateau commands a spectacular view in all directions over the 1915 Anzac battlefield. It was named after Colonel A Plugge, commanding officer, Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Infantry Brigade, who had his headquarters here. The cemetery name is pronounced ‘Pluggy’s Plateau’. The area was also an artillery position and a reservoir for water. ANZAC headquarters lay down the western slopes of the plateau. It was up towards the heights of Plugge’s Plateau that the 11^th Battalion, AIF, struggled after their dawn landing on 25 April 1915 at North Beach. Three men of the battalion killed on that day lie in the cemetery — Private George Bell, a native of Scotland, Private Thomas Carroll and Private Wolverton Edgar.

The Turkish name is Hain Tepe (Treacherous Hill) because of the effect of the battery placed there. The plateau, a triangle 200m wide on the north and narrowing at the South, forms the north end of MacLagan's Ridge. All faces of the plateau are steep. The steep walk along the seaward slope of MacLagan's Ridge provides views southeast along Shrapnel Valley (Korku Dere) to Lone Pine (Kanli Sirt), and west to Anzac Cove. You can still see the lines of terraces in Anzac Gully and the remains of trenches beside the path. (Taylor and Cupper 1989).

The cemetery, designed by Sir John Burnet, principal architect of the CWGC cemeteries and memorials on the peninsula, is under the control of the CWGC. It was registered as a cultural heritage Site by the Turkish Ministry of Culture on 14 November, 1980.