Bosporus Strait
narrow strait in northwestern Turkey
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Summary
Bosporus Strait is a strait[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,928 views/month, #4 of 402).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Istanbul Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Continent: Asia[5], Europe[6]
- Part of: Black Sea[7], Sea of Marmara[8]
- Commons category: Bosphorus[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bosphorus[10]
- Commons gallery: Bosphorus[11]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Pauly–Wissowa[15], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[16], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20], Meyer’s Universum, Neunter Band[21], Meyer’s Universum, Fünfzehnter Band[22], Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band[23]
- Heritage designation: Important Bird Area[24]
- Native label: İstanbul Boğazı[25]
- Different from: Bosporan Kingdom[26]
- Length: 29.9 km[27]
- Vertical depth: 186 m[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from the Bosphorus[30]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Bosphorus[31]
Why It Matters
Bosporus Strait has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]