Dardanelles - Wikipedia One 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
Dardanelles | Strait, Map, History, Meaning | Britannica Dardanelles, 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 Strait - WorldAtlas The Dardanelles Strait is a narrow waterway forming the border between Asian Turkey and European Turkey It is one of the narrowest water channels used to support international water navigation
A Short History Of The Dardanelles Campaign - Imperial War Museums The Dardanelles, a narrow 60-mile-long strip of water that divides Europe from Asia, has been of great strategic significance for centuries Carefully secured by international treaty, it was the closing of the Dardanelles that eventually brought the Ottoman Empire into the war as a German ally at the end of October 1914
Dardanelles Campaign - HISTORY As the only waterway between the Black Sea in the east and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Dardanelles was a much-contested area from the beginning of World War I The stakes for both
Dardanelles - Encyclopedia. com Dardanelles (därdənĕlz´) or Çanakkale Boğazi (chänäk´kälĕ bōäzŭ´), strait, c 40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 to 4 mi (1 6 to 6 4 km) wide, connecting the Aegean Sea [1] with the Sea of Marmara and separating the Gallipoli peninsula of European Turkey from Asian Turkey
Dardanelles - All About Turkey Dardanelles is a 61 kilometer (28 mile) long and from 1 2 to 6 4 km (3 4 to 4 miles) wide strait between Europe and Asiatic Turkey, respectively known as Thrace and Anatolia This strategically important strait is the Dardanelles
Dardanelles - Hellespont | Twains Geography The Dardanelles ( dɑrdəˈnɛlz ; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), formerly known as Hellespont ( ˈhɛlɨspɒnt ; Greek: Ἑλλήσποντος, Hellespontos, literally "Sea of Helle"), is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara
Dardanelles - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Dardanelles is the narrow strait in northwestern Turkey that connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara It marks the division between Asia , to the east, and Europe , to the west The waterway is highly significant to all countries in the region because it provides access to the Black Sea
Dardanelles - Wikiwand The Dardanelles, also known as the Strait of Gallipoli and in classical antiquity as the Hellespont, is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant