The Dardanelles (), formerly known as the Hellespont (Greek: Ελλήσποντος, Hellespontos),'s a narrow strait in northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara. It's one of the Turkish Straits, along with its counterpart the Bosporus. It's located at approximately . The strait's 61 kilometers (38 mi) long but only 1.2 to 6 kilometers (0.75 to 4 mi) wide, averaging 55 meters (180 ft) deep with a maximum depth of 82 meters (… (More on Dardanelles)