Bosporus Strait

Summary

Bosporus Strait is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,794 views/month, #4 of 402).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bosporus Strait is located in Istanbul Province^[3].
• Bosporus Strait is in the country of Turkey^[4].
• Bosporus Strait is on the continent of Asia^[5].
• Bosporus Strait is on the continent of Europe^[6].
• Bosporus Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[7].
• Bosporus Strait is part of Black Sea^[8].
• Bosporus Strait is part of Sea of Marmara^[9].
• Bosporus Strait's Commons category is recorded as Bosphorus^[10].
• Bosporus Strait's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.12, 'lon': 29.08}^[11].
• Bosporus Strait's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bosphorus^[12].
• Bosporus Strait's Commons gallery is recorded as Bosphorus^[13].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[14].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[16].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[17].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[18].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[19].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[20].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[21].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[22].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band^[23].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band^[24].
• Bosporus Strait's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band^[25].
• Bosporus Strait's heritage designation is recorded as Important Bird Area^[26].
• Bosporus Strait's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'İstanbul Boğazı'}^[27].

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Geography

Bosporus Strait is in the country of Turkey^[4]. It is located in Istanbul Province^[3]. Continents include Asia^[5] and Europe^[6]. Part of include Black Sea^[8], an adjacent sea^[28], in Bulgaria^[29] and Sea of Marmara^[9], an adjacent sea^[30], in Turkey^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Bosporus Strait's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+29.9'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Bosporus Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[7]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Important Bird Area^[26].

Why It Matters

Bosporus Strait ranks in the top 0.99% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,794 views/month, #4 of 402).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]