Dardanelles Strait:
Southbound ship traffic is set to resume in Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait after a tanker experienced engine failure recently.
- Dardanelles Strait is a very important narrow waterway in northwestern Turkey.
- It connects the Aegean Sea (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea) to the Sea of Marmara.
- This strait acts like a natural border, separating the continent of Asia on its eastern side from Europe on its western side.
- It is entirely within Turkey. It forms a key part of the Turkish Straits, which also include the Bosphorus Strait and the Sea of Marmara.
- It is a vital shipping lane for countries around the Black Sea, like Russia and Ukraine.
- Their ships must pass through the Dardanelles to reach the Mediterranean Sea and the rest of the world’s oceans.
