See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

SEA OF See also:

• MARMORA (anc. Proconnesus)
• SEA OF MARMORA (anc. Propontis; Turk. Mermer Denisi)

MARMORA (anc. Propontis; Turk. Mermer Denisi)  , the small inland See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea which (in See also:

• PART

part) separates the See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish dominions in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe from those in See also:

• ASIA

Asia, and is connected through the See also:

• BOSPORUS, or BOSPHORUS (Gr. Boo-iopos=ox-ford, tradition-ally connected with Io, daughter of Inachus, who, in the form of a heifer, crossed the Thracian Bosporus on her wanderings)

Bosporus with the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Sea (q.v.) and through the See also:

• DARDANELLES (Turk. Bahr-Sefed Boghazi)
• DARDANELLES (Turk. Sultanieh Kalehsi, or Chanak Kalehsi)

Dardanelles with the See also:

• AEGEAN

Aegean . It is 170 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long (E. to W.) and nearly 50 M. in extreme width, and has an See also:

• AREA

area of 4500 sq. m . Its greatest See also:

• DEPTH

depth is about 700 fathoms, the deepest parts (over 500 fathoms) occurring in three depressions in the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern portion—one See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close under the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• SHORE

shore to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• RODOSTO (Turkish, Tekir Dagh)

Rodosto, another near the centre of the sea, and a third at the mouth of the Gulf of See also:

• ISMID, or ISNIKMID (anc. Nicomedia)

Ismid . There are several considerable islands, of which the largest, See also:

• MARMORA (anc. Proconnesus)
• MARMORA, SEA OF (anc. Propontis; Turk. Mermer Denisi)

Marmora, lies in the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, off the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of Kapu Dagh, along with Afsia, Aloni and smaller islands . In the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, off the See also:

• ASIATIC

Asiatic shore between the Bosporus and the Gulf of Ismid, are the Princes' Islands .