Hellespont
The Dardanelles, also known as the Strait of Gallipoli, is a narrow, natural strait and internationally significant waterway in northwestern Turkey that forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe and separates Asian Turkey from European Turkey.
NASA, Public domain.- Strait
- Description: strait in northwestern Turkey
- Also known as“Bahr Sefid Boghazi”“Boghazlar”“Çanakkale”“Çanakkale Strait”“Chanaq Qal”e Boghazi”“Dardanelles”“Dardanelles Strait”“Ellēspontos”“Hellespontos”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sestos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Karacaören and Özbek.
Karacaören
Village
Karacaören is a village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Karacaören is situated 5 km south of Hellespont.
Özbek
Village
Özbek is a village in the Çanakkale District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Özbek is situated 5 km south of Hellespont.
Yalova
Village
Yalova is a village in the Eceabat District of Çanakkale Province in Turkey. Yalova is situated 6 km northwest of Hellespont.
Hellespont
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
40.21407° or 40° 12′ 51″ north
Longitude
26.4584° or 26° 27′ 30″ east
Open location code
8GG86F75+J9
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Hellespont” goes by many names.
DardanelleAfrikaans
DardaneletAlbanian
ἙλλήσποντοςAncient Greek (to 1453)
الدردنيلArabic
DardanelosAragonese
Դարդանելի նեղուցArmenian
DardanelosAsturian
DardanelAzerbaijani
Dardanel boğazıAzerbaijani
Дарданелдар боғаҙыBashkir
Дарданелл боғаҙыBashkir
DardaneloakBasque
ДарданэлыBelarusian
দার্দানেলেস প্রণালীBengali
DardaneliBosnian
DardanelloùBreton
ДарданелиBulgarian
DardanelsCatalan
Hel·lespontCatalan
DardanellesCebuano
داردانێلCentral Kurdish
Дарданеллан хидоькъеChechen
恰纳卡莱海峡Chinese
赫勒斯滂Chinese
達達尼爾海峽Chinese
Strittonu di i DardaneddiCorsican
DardaneliCroatian
Dardanelský průlivCzech
DardanelyCzech
HelléspontCzech
Průliv DardanelyCzech
DardanellerneDanish
DardanellenDutch
HellespontDutch
الدردنيلEgyptian Arabic
DardanelojEsperanto
DardanellidEstonian
DardanellitFinnish
DardanelosGalician
დარდანელის სრუტეGeorgian
ΔαρδανέλλιαGreek
ΕλλήσποντοςGreek
Στενά των ΔαρδανελλίωνGreek
DadanèlHaitian
דרדנליםHebrew
מצר צ’נקאלהHebrew
डार्डेनलीज जलसन्धिHindi
दार्दानेल्ज़ जलसन्धिHindi
DardanellákHungarian
DardanellasundIcelandic
Stretajo DardaneliIdo
Selat DardanellaIndonesian
Selat DardanellesIndonesian
An DardainéilIrish
DardanelliItalian
EllespontoItalian
stretto dei DardanelliItalian
ダーダネルス海峡Japanese
ヘレースポントスJapanese
ヘレースポントス海峡Japanese
ヘレスポントJapanese
DardanellesJavanese
ಡಾರ್ಡ್ನೆಲ್ಸ್Kannada
Дарданелл бұғазыKazakh
ДарданеллKirghiz
다르다넬스 해협Korean
헬레스폰트Korean
Tengava ÇanakkaleKurdish
Tengava ÇanakkaleyêKurdish
HellespontusLatin
DardaneļiLatvian
達達尼爾海峽Literary Chinese
DardanelaiLithuanian
Streit dei DardaneiLombard
Stret di DardaneiLombard
DardanellenLuxembourgish
ДарданелиMacedonian
DardanellesMalay
ഡാർഡനെൽസ്Malayalam
TātinēraMaori
डार्डेनेल्झMarathi
दार्दानेल्सNewari
DardanellenNorthern Frisian
DardanelleneNorwegian
DardanelleneNorwegian Bokmål
DardanellaneNorwegian Nynorsk
DardanèlsOccitan (post 1500)
EllaspontusOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ДарданеллтæOssetian
داردانلPersian
DardanelePolish
داردانلPushto
داردانل تنګیPushto
داردانل تنگیPushto
داردانيلPushto
DardaneleRomanian
Strâmtoarea DardaneleRomanian
Дарданеллын хоолойRussia Buriat
ГеллеспонтRussian
ДарданеллыRussian
ДарданелыRusyn
DardanellesScots
Na DàrdainealanScottish Gaelic
ДарданелиSerbian
DardaneliSerbo-Croatian
Strittu dî DardanelliSicilian
DardanelySlovak
DardaneleSlovenian
HellespontSlovenian
HellespontosSlovenian
Preliv ÇanakkaleSlovenian
Preliv GalipoliSlovenian
DardaniilSomali
DardaneliSwahili
DardanellernaSwedish
DardanelosTagalog
தார்தனெல்சு நீரிணைTamil
ஹெல்லஸ்ப்பாண்ட்Tamil
ДарданелларTatar
ดาร์ดะเนลส์Thai
ཏ་ཏ་ནེར་མཚོ་འགགTibetan
Çanakkale BoğazıTurkish
ДарданелиUkrainian
ДарданеллиUkrainian
DardaneleUpper Sorbian
آبنائے در دانیالUrdu
در دانیالUrdu
Dardanell boʻgʻoziUzbek
DardanélliaVietnamese
DardanellnVlaams
DardanellesWaray (Philippines)
DardanellesWelsh
DardanellenWestern Frisian
آبنائے در دانیالWestern Panjabi
در دانیالWestern Panjabi
درہ دانیالWestern Panjabi
达达尼尔海峡Wu Chinese
鞑靼内亚海峡Wu Chinese
דארדאנעלןYiddish
達達尼爾海峽Yue Chinese
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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