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See also: sea which (in See also: part) separates the See also: Turkish dominions in See also: Europe from those in See also: Asia, and is connected through the Bosporus with the Black Sea (q.v.) and through the See also: Dardanelles with the See also: Aegean
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It is 170 M. long (E. to W.) and nearly 50 M. in extreme width, and has an See also: area of 4500 sq. m
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Its greatest See also: depth is about 700 fathoms, the deepest parts (over 500 fathoms) occurring in three depressions in the See also: northern portion—one close under the See also: European See also: shore to the See also: south of See also: Rodosto, another near the centre of the sea, and a third at the mouth of the Gulf of See also: Ismid
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There are several considerable islands, of which the largest, Marmora, lies in the west, off the peninsula of Kapu Dagh, along with Afsia, Aloni and smaller islands
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In the See also: east, off the See also: Asiatic shore between the Bosporus and the Gulf of Ismid, are the Princes' Islands
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