Dardanelles

strait in northwestern Turkey
Place strait Q6514
Dardanelles
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Dardanelles

Summary

Dardanelles is a strait[1]. Dardanelles ranks in the top 2% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,245 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dardanelles is located in Çanakkale Province[3].
  • Dardanelles is in the country of Turkey[4].
  • Dardanelles's instance of is recorded as strait[5].
  • Helle is named after Dardanelles[6].
  • Dardanos is named after Dardanelles[7].
  • Dardanelles's inflows is recorded as Karamenderes River[8].
  • Dardanelles is part of Sea of Marmara[9].
  • Dardanelles is part of Black Sea[10].
  • Dardanelles's Commons category is recorded as Dardanelles[11].
  • Dardanelles's said to be the same as is recorded as Hellespont[12].
  • Dardanelles's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.2, 'lon': 26.4}[13].
  • Dardanelles's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dardanelles[14].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[15].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[18].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[19].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
  • Dardanelles's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Sechzehnter Band[24].
  • Dardanelles's heritage designation is recorded as Important Bird Area[25].
  • Dardanelles's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Çanakkale Boğazı'}[26].
  • Dardanelles's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'Δαρδανέλλια'}[27].

Body

Geography

Dardanelles is in the country of Turkey[4]. Dardanelles is located in Çanakkale Province[3]. Part of include Sea of Marmara[9], an adjacent sea[28], in Turkey[29] and Black Sea[10], an adjacent sea[30], in Bulgaria[31].

Physical Characteristics

Dardanelles's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+61'}[32].

Designation and Status

Dardanelles's instance of is recorded as strait[5]. Dardanelles's heritage designation is recorded as Important Bird Area[25].

History and Context

Things named after include Helle[6], a Greek water deities[33] and Dardanos[7], an archaeological site[34], in Turkey[35].

Why It Matters

Dardanelles ranks in the top 2% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,245 views/month).[2] Dardanelles has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] Dardanelles is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . datazone.birdlife.org. datazone.birdlife.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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