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Karadeniz Boğazı (strait) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 03 26 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.0572 decimal degrees |
| Long: 029 02 36 E degrees minutes |
Long: 29.0433 decimal degrees |
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Note: Narrow strait separating Turkish Asia Minor from European Turkey, extending from Istanbul to the Black Sea; it is strategically important, providing the only maritime access to Black Sea; it has been a critical trade route since antiquity. |
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| Karadeniz Boğazı (preferred,C,V)
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| Boğazici (C,V)
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| Istanbul Boğazi (C,V)
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| İstanbul Boğazı (C,V,Turkish,U)
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| Bosporus (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Bosphorus (C,O)
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............ | name means "ox ford," named after legendary Io, who took the form of a heifer and crossed the Thracian Bosporus |
| Bósforo, Estrecho del (C,O)
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| Bosphore, Détroit du (C,O)
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| Bosporus Thracius (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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