Ship crosses the Bosphorus in IstanbulANKARA, Jan 16 In the Bosphorus due to a breakdown The movement of ships in both directions was stopped by a dry cargo ship, the Turkish Coast Guard said on Twitter. and Asia Minor, connecting the Black Sea with the Marmara. Paired with the Dardanelles, it connects the Black Sea with the Aegean, located in the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea. The Bosphorus is part of the intra-Eurasian border and the narrowest intercontinental strait in the world. The Turkish city of Istanbul is located on both sides of the strait. The length of the strait is about 30 kilometers, the maximum width is 3700 meters in the north, the minimum width is 700 meters. The fairway depth is from 33 to 80 meters.
