Bosphorus

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: C. Foss

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert

Last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:57 PM — History

A strait that forms part of the boundary between Europe and Asia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520977

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
41.119444, 29.075278

Locations:

Location of Bosphorus (modern)

Names:

Bosphorus (30 BC - AD 640)
Bosporos (550 BC - AD 640)

Bosphorus makes connections with:

Bosphorus connection Pontus Euxinus (unspecified date range)
Bosphorus connection Propontis (unspecified date range)

Bosphorus receives connections from:

None

Place type:
water, open

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 53 B2 Bosphorus

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bogaziçi

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Suggested citation:
C. Foss, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Brady Kiesling, and R. Talbert, 'Bosphorus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520977> [accessed: 23 September 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520977 |title=Places: 520977 (Bosphorus) |author=Foss, C. |accessdate=September 23, 2018 12:27 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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