Dardanelles

E21667

strait waterway

The Dardanelles is a narrow, strategically vital strait in northwestern Turkey that connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates the European and Asian parts of the country.

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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Dardanelles canonical	56
Hellespont	22
Dardanelles Strait	7
crossing of the Hellespont	2
Çanakkale Strait	2
Dardanelles Strait region	1
Dardanelles, Turkey	1
Strait of Çanakkale	1
Straits of the Dardanelles	1
Turkish Straits	1
northern Dardanelles	1
Çanakkale Boğazı	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	strait ⓘ waterway ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dardanelles ⓘ surface form: Hellespont Dardanelles ⓘ surface form: Çanakkale Boğazı
ancientName	Dardanelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hellespont
borderFeatureOf	Asian Turkey ⓘ European Turkey ⓘ
connects	Aegean Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
controlsAccessTo	Black Sea ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
crossedBy	ferries ⓘ Çanakkale 1915 Bridge ⓘ
flowsFrom	Sea of Marmara ⓘ
flowsTo	Aegean Sea ⓘ
geologicalType	tectonic strait ⓘ
governedBy	Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Dardanelles Campaign Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ surface form: Gallipoli Campaign
historicalPeriod	World War I ⓘ
length	approximately 61 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn	northwestern Turkey ⓘ Çanakkale Province ⓘ
maximumWidth	about 6 kilometres ⓘ
minimumWidth	about 1.2 kilometres ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation	Greek mythology ⓘ
namedAfter	mythological figure Dardanus ⓘ
nearbyAncientCity	Abydos ⓘ Sestos ⓘ Troy ⓘ
nearbyCity	Çanakkale Province ⓘ surface form: Çanakkale
notableMyth	Leander’s swim ⓘ
partOf	Dardanelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Turkish Straits
region	Marmara Region ⓘ
relatedConflict	Naval operations in the Dardanelles during World War I ⓘ
separates	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
shippingTraffic	international merchant vessels ⓘ
strategicImportance	major international shipping route ⓘ military significance ⓘ
via	Bosporus ⓘ Sea of Marmara ⓘ
waterType	saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (96)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mediterranean Sea → hasInflow → Dardanelles ⓘ

Mediterranean Sea → connectedBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

Black Sea → connectedTo → Dardanelles ⓘ

Eurasia → hasConventionalBoundaryBetweenParts → Dardanelles ⓘ

Asia Minor → separatedBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

Aegean Sea → connectedBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connectedBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

subject surface form: Black Sea

Gallipoli Campaign air operations → location → Dardanelles ⓘ

Russo-Turkish Wars → involvedStrait → Dardanelles ⓘ

Dardanelles → partOf → Dardanelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Turkish Straits

Dardanelles → alsoKnownAs → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Çanakkale Boğazı

Dardanelles → alsoKnownAs → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

Dardanelles → ancientName → Dardanelles self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

Sea of Marmara → connectedVia → Dardanelles ⓘ

Sea of Marmara → hasStraitConnection → Dardanelles ⓘ

Bosporus → linkedTo → Dardanelles ⓘ

Marmara Region → containsStrait → Dardanelles ⓘ

Dardanus → associatedPlace → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

Delian League → historicalRegion → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) → theatreOfOperations → Dardanelles ⓘ

Mediterranean theatre of World War I → location → Dardanelles ⓘ

Anatolia → separatedFromBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

Lampsacus → situatedOnWaterBody → Dardanelles ⓘ

Battle of Granicus → locatedNear → Dardanelles ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of the Granicus

this entity surface form: Hellespont

Dardanelles naval operations → location → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dardanelles Strait

Gallipoli Peninsula → borders → Dardanelles ⓘ

Battle of Aegospotami → locatedIn → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

Armistice of Mudros → allowedOccupationOf → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Straits of the Dardanelles

John de Robeck → notableTheatreOfWar → Dardanelles ⓘ

Ottoman Fifth Army → areaOfOperations → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial → overlooks → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial → hasViewOf → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Strait of Çanakkale

Troy → associatedWithBodyOfWater → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hellespont

European Turkey → separatedBy → Dardanelles ⓘ

European Turkey → hasStrait → Dardanelles ⓘ

Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits → grantsControlOf → Dardanelles ⓘ

Abydos → locatedOn → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale 1915 Bridge → locatedIn → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dardanelles Strait

Çanakkale 1915 Bridge → crosses → Dardanelles ⓘ

Turkish Straits system → includes → Dardanelles ⓘ

Turkish Straits system → hasPart → Dardanelles ⓘ

this entity surface form: Çanakkale Strait

Turkish Straits system → hasStrategicChokepoint → Dardanelles ⓘ

İmroz → locatedNear → Dardanelles ⓘ

Sestos → locatedOn → Dardanelles ⓘ

Gökçeada → locatedNear → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale Province → bordersBodyOfWater → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale Province → controls → Dardanelles ⓘ

Çanakkale Province → hasStrait → Dardanelles ⓘ

Black Sea coast → connectedVia → Dardanelles ⓘ