The name of the strait comes from the Ancient Greek Βόσπορος ( Bósporos), which was folk-etymologised as βοὸς πόρος, i.e. Sections of the shore of the Bosporus in Istanbul have been reinforced with concrete or rubble and those sections of the Strait prone to deposition are periodically dredged. The Bosporus Strait and the Dardanelles Strait at the opposite end of the Sea of Marmara are together known as the Turkish Straits. Most of the shores of the Bosporus Strait, except for the area to the north, are heavily settled, with the city of Istanbul's metropolitan population of 17 million inhabitants extending inland from both banks. It is the world's narrowest strait used for international navigation. It forms part of the continental boundary between Asia and Europe, and divides Turkey by separating Anatolia from Thrace. The Bosporus or Bosphorus Strait ( / ˈ b ɒ s p ər ə s, ˈ b ɒ s f ər ə s/ BOSS-pər-əs, BOSS-fər-əs Ancient Greek: Βόσπορος, romanized: Bósporos, IPA: Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı, lit.'Istanbul strait', colloquially Boğaz) is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Turkey that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara.
Aerial view of the Bosporus taken from its northern end near the Black Sea (bottom), looking south (top) toward the Marmara Sea, with the city center of Istanbul visible along the strait's hilly banks The city of Istanbul is visible along both banks.
The western banks of the Bosporus constitute the geographic starting point of the European continent, while the banks to the east are the geographic beginnings of the continent of Asia. The body of water at the top is the Black Sea, the one at the bottom is the Marmara Sea, and the Bosporus is the winding waterway that connects the two. Location of the Bosporus (red) relative to the Dardanelles (yellow) and the Sea of Marmara Close-up satellite image of the Bosporus strait, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004. The territory of Turkey is highlighted in green. Class=notpageimage| A map depicting the locations of the Turkish Straits, with the Bosporus in red, and the Dardanelles in yellow.
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