Bosporus
The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Turkey and straddled by the city of Istanbul.
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- Strait
- Description: narrow strait in northwestern Turkey
- Also known as“Bosphorus”“Bosporus Strait”“Bosporus Thracian”“Istanbul Strait”“Karadeniz Boğazı”“Strait of Istanbul”“Thracian Bosporus”
Places of Interest
Discover Sakıp Sabancı Museum and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.
Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge
The Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, also known as the…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kanlıca and Emirgan.
Kanlıca
Kanlıca is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Beykoz, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Emirgan
Emirgan is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Sarıyer, Istanbul Province, Turkey.
Rumelihisarı
Rumelihisarı is a neighbourhood in the municipality…
Bosporus
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Latitude
41.10164° or 41° 6′ 6″ north
Longitude
29.06097° or 29° 3′ 40″ east
Open location code
8GHF4326+M9
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bosporus” goes by many names.
BosphorusAfrikaans
BosporusAfrikaans
BosforiAlbanian
የቦስፖሮስ ወሽመጥAmharic
البسفورArabic
البوسفورArabic
بوسفورArabic
مضيق البسفورArabic
مضيق البوسفورArabic
مضيق بوسفورArabic
BosforoAragonese
Estreito d’o BosforoAragonese
ԲոսֆորArmenian
BósforoAsturian
BósforuAsturian
estrechu del BósforuAsturian
BosforAzerbaijani
Bosfor boğazıAzerbaijani
İstanbul boğazıAzerbaijani
БосфорBashkir
BosforoBasque
Bosforo itsasarteBasque
Bosforo itsasarteaBasque
БасфорBelarusian
Басфорскі праліўBelarusian
Праліў БасфорBelarusian
বসফরাসBengali
বসফরাস প্রণালীBengali
BosforBosnian
BosforBreton
БосфорBulgarian
БосфораBulgarian
Източната кризаBulgarian
BòsforCatalan
Bòsfor TràcicCatalan
El BòsforCatalan
Estret del BòsforCatalan
BósforoCebuano
BosphorousCebuano
BosphorusCebuano
BosporoCebuano
BosporusCebuano
İstanbul BoğazıCebuano
بۆسفۆرCentral Kurdish
БосфорChechen
伊斯坦堡海峡Chinese
伊斯坦堡海峽Chinese
伊斯坦布尔海峡Chinese
博斯普魯斯Chinese
博斯普魯斯海峽Chinese
博斯普鲁斯海峡Chinese
БосфорChuvash
BosporCroatian
BosporCzech
BosporenDanish
BosporusDanish
Bosporus-strædetDanish
BosporusDutch
البوسفورEgyptian Arabic
مضيق البوسفورEgyptian Arabic
مضيق البوسوفورEgyptian Arabic
BosforoEsperanto
Bospora markoloEsperanto
BosporoEsperanto
BosporusEstonian
Bosporuse väinEstonian
BósforuExtremaduran
Estrechu de BósforuExtremaduran
Estrechu e BósforuExtremaduran
BosborinsalmiFinnish
BosporiFinnish
Bosporin salmiFinnish
BosforGagauz
BósforoGalician
Canle do BósforoGalician
Estreito do BósforoGalician
ბოსფორიGeorgian
ბოსფორის სრუტეGeorgian
ΒόσποροςGreek
BósforoGuarani
בוספורוסHebrew
הבוספורוסHebrew
מצרי הבוספורוסHebrew
बोस्पोरुस जलसन्धिHindi
बोस्फ़ोरसHindi
BoszporuszHungarian
BospórusIcelandic
BospórussundIcelandic
SæviðarsundIcelandic
Stretajo BosforoIdo
BosporusIndonesian
Selat BosphorusIndonesian
Selat BosporusIndonesian
BosphoroInterlingua
BosporoInterlingua
BosporusInterlingue
An BhosparaisIrish
BosforoItalian
Canale del BosforoItalian
イスタンブール海峡Japanese
イスタンブル海峡Japanese
ボアズィチJapanese
ボスフォラス海峡Japanese
ボスポラス海峡Japanese
Selat BosporusJavanese
BosforKara-Kalpak
Боспор бұғазыKazakh
Босфор бұғазыKazakh
БосфорKirghiz
다리우스 운하Korean
보스포러스Korean
보스포러스 해협Korean
보스포로스 해협Korean
보스포루스Korean
보스포루스 해협Korean
보스포르 해협Korean
이스탄불 해협Korean
BoğaziçiKurdish
BosphorusKurdish
Tengava BosforêKurdish
Tengava StembolêKurdish
Tengava StenbolKurdish
Tengava StenbolêKurdish
BosforLadino
BosphorusLatin
BosporusLatin
Bosfora jūras šaurumsLatvian
Bosfora šaurumsLatvian
BosforsLatvian
BosporusLimburgan
博斯普魯斯海峽Literary Chinese
BosforasLithuanian
Bosforo sąsiaurisLithuanian
BosforLombard
BosporusLow German
BosporusLuxembourgish
БосфорMacedonian
BosporusMalay
Selat BosporusMalay
ബോസ്ഫറസ്Malayalam
बॉस्फरसाची सामुद्रधुनीMarathi
बोस्फोरसMarathi
बोस्फोरस सामुद्रधुनीMarathi
بسفر تنگهMazanderani
ბოსფორიMingrelian
Босфорын хоолойMongolian
बस्फरस जलसन्धिNewari
बोस्पोरुस जलसन्धिNewari
BosporusNorthern Frisian
BosporosNorwegian
BosphorusNorwegian Bokmål
BosphorusstredetNorwegian Bokmål
BosporosNorwegian Bokmål
BosporosstredetNorwegian Bokmål
BosporusNorwegian Bokmål
Bosporus-stredetNorwegian Bokmål
BoğaziçiNorwegian Nynorsk
BosporosNorwegian Nynorsk
BosporossundetNorwegian Nynorsk
BosporusNorwegian Nynorsk
VosporosNorwegian Nynorsk
BosfòrOccitan (post 1500)
BosporosOld English (ca. 450-1100)
БосфорOssetian
بسفرPersian
بسفورPersian
بوسفورPersian
تنگه استانبولPersian
تنگه بسفرPersian
تنگه بوسفورPersian
BosforPolish
Cieśnina BosforPolish
باسپورس اوبلارPushto
باسپورس تنگیPushto
BosforRomanian
Strâmtoarea BosforRomanian
Strâmtoarea IstanbulRomanian
Босфорой хоолойRussia Buriat
Боспор ФракийскийRussian
БосфорRussian
Босфорский проливRussian
Константинопольский проливRussian
Пролив БосфорRussian
БоспорRusyn
آبنائے باسفورسSaraiki
BòsforuSardinian
BosphorusScots
BòsfarasScottish Gaelic
BogaziçiSerbian
Istanbulski moreuzSerbian
БосфорSerbian
Босфорски мореузSerbian
Истанбулски мореузSerbian
BosforSerbo-Croatian
BosporSerbo-Croatian
BosforuSicilian
BosfuruSicilian
Canali dû BosfuruSicilian
باسفورس سامونڊي گذرگاههSindhi
BosporSlovak
BosporSlovenian
BoosfoorSomali
ایستانبول بوغازیSouth Azerbaijani
Selat BosporusSundanese
BosporusSwahili
BosporenSwedish
İstanbul BoğazıSwedish
BosforoTagalog
БосфорTajik
பொசுபோரசுTamil
பொஸ்போரஸ்Tamil
பொஸ்போரஸ் நீரிணைTamil
БосфорTatar
Босфор бугазыTatar
Босфор проливыTatar
BosphorusThai
ช่องแคบบอสพอรัสThai
ช่องแคบบอสฟอรัสThai
บอสฟอรัสThai
BosforTurkish
İstanbul BoğazıTurkish
ئىستانبۇل بوغازىUighur
Боспорська протокаUkrainian
БосфорUkrainian
Босфорська протокаUkrainian
BosporusUpper Sorbian
آبنائے استنبولUrdu
آبنائے باسفورسUrdu
باسفورسUrdu
BosforUzbek
BosphoreVietnamese
BosphorusVietnamese
BosporusVietnamese
Eo biển BosphorusVietnamese
Eo biển BosporusVietnamese
BosporusVlaams
BosforeWalloon
BosforoWaray (Philippines)
BosphorusWaray (Philippines)
BosporoWaray (Philippines)
BosphorusWelsh
BosporusWelsh
BosporwsWelsh
ՎոսփորWestern Armenian
BosporusWestern Frisian
آبنائے استنبولWestern Panjabi
آبنائے باسفورسWestern Panjabi
باسفورسWestern Panjabi
博斯普鲁斯海峡Wu Chinese
באספארוסYiddish
伊斯坦堡海峽Yue Chinese
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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