Dardanelles was formerly known as Hellespont, it is a narrow strait which falls in the north western region of Turkey. This strait connects the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea. Dardanelles is like the Bosporus, it divides Europe and the mainland of Asia. The strait of Dardanelles acts as an international waterway and along with the Bosporus it forms the connection between the black sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The city of Çanakkale lies just adjacent to the strait of Dardanelles.
Bosporous Strait and the Dardenelles Strait.
Istanbul is located on the Bosporus Strait.
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The Straits of the Dardenelles
Yes, just across the Dardenelles on the coast by the Aegean Sea.
Turkey Turkey sits on both sides of the Dardenelles Strait and the Bosporous Strait - with the Sea of Marmara between them. Opposite shores of these straits and sea are in Europe and Asia.
Between Turkey and the Balkans...a small body of water also called the dardenelles.
he battle of Gallipoli happened because Britain wanted to control the Dardenelles. It was a huge tactical error.
The seas and islands provided great ports and henceforth outside contact.The Dardenelles
Joseph Marguerite Jean Vassal has written: 'Uncensored letters from the Dardenelles' -- subject(s): Accessible book
Apart from causing hundreds of thousanmds of deaths on both sides it failed to acheive its objectice of closing the Dardenelles to German shipping.
Apart from causing hundreds of thousanmds of deaths on both sides it failed to acheive its objectice of closing the Dardenelles to German shipping.