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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.
The Dardanelles (/ ˌ d ɑːr d ə ˈ n ɛ l z / DAR-də-NELZ; Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, lit. 'Strait of Çanakkale'; Greek : Δαρδανέλλια , romanized : Dardanéllia ), also known as the Strait of Gallipoli (after the Gallipoli peninsula) and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont ( / ˈ h ɛ l ɪ s p ɒ n t / HEL -isp-ont ...
Mar 12, 2021 · The Dardanelles Strait (also called the Strait of Gallipoli), formerly known as the Hellespont, is a narrow waterway in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the border between Europe and Asia. The strait connects the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara, allowing for passage to the Black Sea via the Bosporus Strait.
Apr 25, 2017 · The 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.
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.
Nov 9, 2009 · In 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...
Jun 11, 2018 · 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.
The Dardanelles is a strait, or narrow body of water, that connects the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara in Turkey. It also separates the continent of Europe from the westernmost tip of Asia Minor. The strait is named for the ancient city of Dardanus.
The Dardanelles, also known as the Strait of Gallipoli and in Classical Antiquity as the Hellespont, is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
This strategically important strait is the Dardanelles, in northwestern Turkey. It leads from the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara and then through the Bosporus strait to the Black Sea. Thus the Dardanelles is the outer gateway to a great productive area.
