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Dardanelles
(Encyclopedia)Dardanelles chänäkˈkälĕ bōäzŭˈ [key], strait, c.40 mi (60 km) long and from 1 to 4 mi (1.6 to 6.4 km) wide, connecting the Aegean Sea with the Sea of Marmara and separating the Gallipoli peni...Hellespont
(Encyclopedia)Hellespont: see Dardanelles.Çanakkale Boğazi
(Encyclopedia)Çanakkale Boğazi, Turkey: see Dardanelles. ...Helles, Cape
(Encyclopedia)Helles, Cape hĕlˈəs [key], southernmost point of the Gallipoli peninsula, NW Turkey. It commands the entrance to the Dardanelles. ...Straits
(Encyclopedia)Straits: see Dardanelles; Bosporus. ...Adrianople, Treaty of
(Encyclopedia)Adrianople, Treaty of, also called Treaty of Edirne, 1829, peace treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire (see Russo-Turkish Wars). Turkey gave Russia access to the mouths of the Danube and additi...Gallipoli Peninsula
(Encyclopedia)Gallipoli Peninsula, Lat. Chersonesus Thracica, narrow peninsula, c.50 mi (80 km) long, W Turkey, extending southwestward between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. The port of Gallipoli gives it its...Gökçeada
(Encyclopedia)Gökçeada ēmˈbrŏs [key], island, 108 sq mi (280 sq km), NW Turkey, in the Aegean Sea, near ...Sestos
(Encyclopedia)Sestos sĕsˈtŏs [key], ancient town on the Thracian shore of the Hellespont (now Dardanelles) opposite Abydos (in present-day Turkey). It was the scene of the story of Hero and Leander. It was there...Gallipoli
(Encyclopedia)Gallipoli gĕlēˈbōlo͞oˌ [key], city, W Turkey, a port at the east end of the Dardanelles, near the neck of the ...Browse by Subject
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