Dardanelles (Çanakkale Strait, Hellespont)

Turkey / Canakkale /
 strait / channel / passage / narrows, invisible, do not draw title
The Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Boğazı, Greek: Δαρδανέλλια, Dardanellia), is a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara.

The ancient name of this narrow strait was Hellespont (Greek: Eλλήσποντος, Hellespontos). It was so called from Helle, the daughter of Athamas, who was drowned here in the mythology of the Golden Fleece.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dardanelles
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Coordinates:   40°12'23"N   26°27'22"E