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OAS seaname Detail for Sea of Marmara
| seanames_id: | 3 |
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| Seaname: | Sea of Marmara |
| Sea code: | 29 |
| Definition: | The Sea of Marmara is a small enclosed sea situated in the northwestern part of Turkey. It is connected through the Bosporus (Istanbul Strait) with the Black Sea on the Northeast, and through the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Strait) with the Aegean Sea on the Southwest. The common limit between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, in the northern entrance of the Bosporus (Istanbul Strait), is the following: A line joining Cape Rumeli (41 degrees 14 minutes 06 seconds N - 29 degrees 06 minutes 57 seconds E) southeastward to Cape Anadolu (41 degrees 13 minutes 09 seconds N - 29 degrees 09 minutes 04 seconds E). The common limit between the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, in the western entrance of the Dardanelles (Çanakkale Strait) is the following: A line joining Mehmetçik Cape (40 degrees 02 minutes 40 seconds N - 26 degrees 10 minutes 30 seconds E) southward to Kumkale Cape (40 degrees 00 minutes 35 seconds N - 26 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds E). |
| Citation: | Limits of Oceans and Seas, 1986 (Draft 4th edition). IHB Special Publication 23, International Hydrographic Bureau, 203p. |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2000-09-13 04:00:00+00 |
| Editdate: | 2000-10-24 04:00:00+00 |