Sea of Marmara

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inland sea sea

The Sea of Marmara is an inland sea in Turkey that separates the country's European and Asian parts and links the Black Sea to the Aegean and Mediterranean via the Bosporus and Dardanelles straits.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Sea of Marmara canonical	128
Marmara Sea	10
Propontis	7
Marmara Sea basin	2
Propontis (Sea of Marmara)	2
Sea of Marmara region	2
Marmara	1
Marmara Denizi	1
Sea of Marmara basin	1
Thraciac Sea	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	inland sea ⓘ sea ⓘ
borders	Balıkesir Province ⓘ Bursa ⓘ surface form: Bursa Province Istanbul ⓘ Tekirdağ Province ⓘ Yalova ⓘ surface form: Yalova Province Çanakkale Province ⓘ
connectedVia	Bosporus ⓘ Dardanelles ⓘ
connectsTo	Aegean Sea ⓘ Black Sea ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
hasCoastlineCity	Bursa ⓘ Istanbul ⓘ Tekirdağ Province ⓘ surface form: Tekirdağ Yalova ⓘ Çanakkale Province ⓘ surface form: Çanakkale
hasIsland	Avşa Island ⓘ Marmara Island ⓘ Paşalimanı Island ⓘ Princes Islands ⓘ İmralı Island ⓘ
hasNameInTurkish	Sea of Marmara self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Marmara Denizi
hasStraitConnection	Bosporus ⓘ Dardanelles ⓘ
isPartOf	Mediterranean Basin ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean basin
languageOfName	Turkish ⓘ
locatedIn	Marmara Region ⓘ surface form: Northwestern Turkey Turkey ⓘ
locatedOn	North Anatolian Fault zone ⓘ
majorPort	Port of Bandırma ⓘ Port of Gemlik ⓘ Golden Horn ⓘ surface form: Port of Istanbul Port of İzmit ⓘ
namedAfter	Marmara Island ⓘ
partOf	Turkish Straits system ⓘ
salinity	higher than Black Sea ⓘ lower than Aegean Sea ⓘ
separates	Asian part of Turkey ⓘ European part of Turkey ⓘ
usedFor	ferry transport ⓘ fishing ⓘ international shipping ⓘ tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (155)

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

Mediterranean Sea → connectedBy → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Istanbul → locatedOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Black Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasPrimaryLocationFeature → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Asia Minor → borderedBy → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Asia Minor → separatedBy → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Aegean Sea → connectedTo → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marmara Sea

Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connects → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

subject surface form: Bosporus

Black Sea and Sea of Azov → connects → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

subject surface form: Dardanelles

Bursa → locatedNear → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Nicomedia (traditionally) → locatedNear → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicomedia

Dardanelles → connects → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Dardanelles → via → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Dardanelles → flowsFrom → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Dardanelles → controlsAccessTo → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Sea of Marmara → hasNameInTurkish → Sea of Marmara self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marmara Denizi

Bosporus → connects → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Bosporus → linkedTo → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Bosporus → flowsInto → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Asian side of Istanbul → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Topkapi Palace → overlooks → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Marmara Region → namedAfter → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Marmara Region → hasCoastOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Marmara Region → containsWaterBody → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Byzantium → locatedNear → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Golden Horn → partOf → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marmara Sea basin

Kadıköy → locatedOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Chalcedon → situatedNear → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Yalova → separatedFromBySea → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Yalova → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Yalova → locatedNearSea → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Bithynia → locatedOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Bithynia → borders → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Propontis

Bithynia → hasCoastlineOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Anatolia → separatedFromBy → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Greek Seas → includes → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thraciac Sea

Gallipoli Peninsula → borders → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Gallipoli Peninsula → separates → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

İzmit → locatedOnWaterbody → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Kocaeli Province → bordersBodyOfWater → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

European Turkey → borders → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

European Turkey → separatedBy → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

European Turkey → hasSea → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits → grantsControlOf → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Abydos → nearbyWaterBody → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Avşa Island → locatedIn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Paşalimanı Island → locatedIn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

North Anatolian Fault zone → passesNear → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

this entity surface form: Marmara Sea

Port of İzmit → locatedOn → Sea of Marmara ⓘ

Port of İzmit → waterway → Sea of Marmara ⓘ