Bosporus: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Oxford Public International Law - Dardanelles and Bosporus. Mar 13, 2026
Add new Web site: Oxford Public International Law - Dardanelles and Bosporus. Dec 26, 2025
Add new Web site: The Oceanography Society - The Bosporus Strait: A Special Place in the History of OceanographyHistory of Oceanography (PDF). Apr 03, 2025
Add new Web site: Journal of the Black Sea / Mediterranean Environment - The Strait of Istanbul (Bosphorus): The seaway Separating the Continents with its Dense Shipping Traffic (PDF). Feb 07, 2025
Add new Web site: Stanford University - The Bosporus: Environment vs. Economy. Jul 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - History of the Kingdoms of Bosporus and Pontus. Jun 08, 2024
Map added. Jun 15, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - The Bosporus. Oct 15, 2022
Added mention of the Yavuz Sultan Selim (Bosporus III) Bridge. Mar 04, 2022
Corrected display issue. Mar 18, 2020
Add new Web site: Livius - Bosphorus. Apr 17, 2019
Add new Web site: NASA - Earth Observatory - Bosporus Strait and Istanbul, Turkey. May 19, 2017
Media added. Jun 11, 2016
Added video. Apr 30, 2015
Media added. Dec 12, 2012
Corrected the spellings of the Turkish names for the Bosporus. Jan 21, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Geography - Bosporus. Jul 08, 2008
Media added. Oct 22, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 28, 1999
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