🚤 Bosporus

Turkey · Asia · 41.12°N, 29.08°E

The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Turkey and straddled by the city of Istanbul. The Bosporus connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and forms one of the continental boundaries between Asia and Europe. It also divides Turkey by separating Asia Minor from Thrace. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international navigation.

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Quick facts

Country	Turkey
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	41.12°N, 29.08°E · view on map

Bosporus is located in Turkey, in Asia.

More straits in Turkey

Chios Strait · Dardanelles · Gulf of Kuşadası · Mycale Strait · Mytilini Strait.

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