Dardanelles

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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.

Aliases (6)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	strait → waterway →
alsoKnownAs	Hellespont → Çanakkale Boğazı →
ancientName	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	Dardanelles Campaign → 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 →
notableMyth	Leander’s swim →
partOf	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 (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aegean Sea → Black Sea → Mediterranean Sea →	connectedBy
Dardanelles naval operations ("Dardanelles Strait") → Gallipoli Campaign air operations → Mediterranean theatre of World War I →	location
Dardanelles ("Çanakkale Boğazı") → Dardanelles ("Hellespont") →	alsoKnownAs
Armistice of Mudros ("Straits of the Dardanelles") →	allowedOccupationOf
Dardanelles ("Hellespont") →	ancientName
Ottoman Fifth Army →	areaOfOperations
Dardanus ("Hellespont") →	associatedPlace
Gallipoli Peninsula →	borders
Black Sea →	connectedTo
Sea of Marmara →	connectedVia
Marmara Region →	containsStrait
Eurasia →	hasConventionalBoundaryBetweenParts
Mediterranean Sea →	hasInflow
Sea of Marmara →	hasStraitConnection
Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial ("Strait of Çanakkale") →	hasViewOf
Delian League ("Hellespont") →	historicalRegion
Russo-Turkish Wars →	involvedStrait
Bosporus →	linkedTo
Battle of Aegospotami ("Hellespont") →	locatedIn
Battle of the Granicus ("Hellespont") →	locatedNear
John de Robeck →	notableTheatreOfWar
Çanakkale Martyrs' Memorial →	overlooks
Dardanelles ("Turkish Straits") →	partOf
Asia Minor →	separatedBy
Anatolia →	separatedFromBy
Lampsacus →	situatedOnWaterBody
HMS Ark Royal (seaplane carrier) →	theatreOfOperations