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Bookmark or Share- Dardanelles | Strait, Map, History, & Meaning | BritannicaDardanelles, narrow strait in northwestern Turkey, lying between the peninsula of Gallipoli in Europe to the northwest and the mainland of Asia Minor to the southeast. It has held significant geostrategic importance throughout history, in part because it serves as a vital link between the Mediterranean and Black seas.
- Dardanelles Campaign - HISTORYIn March 1915, during World War I (1914-18), British and French forces launched an ill-fated naval attack on Turkish forces in the Dardanelles in northwestern Turkey, hoping to take control of...
- What And Where Is The Dardanelles? - WorldAtlasThe Dardanelles is a narrow, 65-mile long strait of water in northwestern Turkey that separates Europe and Asia, and is one of the world’s busiest maritime passages. The strip’s other name is the Hellespont, and it’s found between Southwest Asia, and Southeast Europe.
- Turkish straits - WikipediaThe Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, "Çanakkale Strait"), 68 km (42 mi) long and 1.2 km (0.75 mi) wide, connects the Sea of Marmara with the Mediterranean in the southwest, near the city of Çanakkale. In classical antiquity, the Dardanelles strait was known as the Hellespont.
- Dardanelles - WikipediaOne of the world's narrowest straits used for international navigation, the Dardanelles connects the Sea of Marmara with the Aegean and Mediterranean seas while also allowing passage to the Black Sea by extension via the Bosporus. The Dardanelles is 61 kilometres (38 mi) long and 1.2 to 6 kilometres (0.75 to 3.73 mi) wide.
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