The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
The Bosporus
Turkey
View Larger MapDescription of institution: The Bosphorus Strait, or Bosporus Strait, is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in northwestern Turkey. It forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe, and divides Turkey by separating Anatolia from Thrace. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international navigation.
Its water drainage consists of: The Sea of Azov (Ukraine & Russia) → Kerch Strait → The Black Sea (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia & Georgia) → Bosphorus Strait (Turkey) → The Sea of Marmara (Turkey) → Dardanelles Strait (Turkey) → Aegean Sea (Greece & Turkey) → Mediterranean Sea → Atlantic Ocean
Most of the shores of the Bosporus Strait, except for those in the north, are heavily settled, straddled by the city of Istanbul's metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both coasts.
The Bosporus Strait and the Dardanelles Strait are known as the Turkish Straits. URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosporus