Note – In previous years Prelims examinations map based questions related to straits and seas around Turkey have been asked few times. Check our analysis in Strategic Articles section.
Straits and Seas related to Russia-Ukraine crisis are important for Prelims 2022 Map-based questions.
Important seas in the region.
- Sea of Azoz
- Black Sea
- Sea od Marmara
- Aegian Sea
3 straits are important wrt Ukarine Russia war.
- Kerch Strait
- Bosphorus Strait
- Dardanelles Strait
Kerch Strait
The Kerch Strait is a strait in Eastern Europe. It connects the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, separating the Kerch Peninsula of Crimea in the west from the Taman Peninsula of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai in the east.
Bosphorus Strait
Bosporus strait is the strait uniting the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara and separating parts of Asian Turkey (Anatolia) from European Turkey.
Daradnelles Strait/ Strait of Gallipoli
It 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. Together with the Bosphorus, the Dardanelles forms the Turkish Straits.
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