Gulf of Saros or Saros Bay (Turkish: Saros Körfezi; Greek: κόλπος Ξηρού, romanized: kólpos Xiroú) is a gulf north of the Dardanelles, Turkey. Ancient Greeks...
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Look up saros or sáros in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Saros may refer to: Saros (astronomy), an 18-year period, across which lunar and solar eclipses...
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Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal (Turkish: BOTAŞ Saros FSRU Limanı) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Turkey. Owned by the Turkish state-owned corporation...
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South Euboean Gulf North Euboean Gulf Malian Gulf Pagasetic Gulf Thermaic Gulf Thracian Sea Strymonian Gulf Gulf of Saros Edremit Gulf Gulf of İzmir Icarian...
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Gallipoli (redirect from History of Gallipoli)
Gulf of Saros (formerly the bay of Melas). In antiquity, it was protected by the Long Wall, a defensive structure built across the narrowest part of the...
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Suvla (category Bays of Turkey)
Σούβλα) is a bay on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in European Turkey, south of the Gulf of Saros. On 6 August 1915, it was the site for...
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Lysimachia (Thrace) (category Geography of Çanakkale Province)
part of Turkey, not far from the bay of Melas (the modern Gulf of Saros). It is located near the modern village of Bolayır, not at Hexamili as previously...
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of Kardia was a naval battle fought in c. 872/3 between the fleets of the Byzantine Empire and the Cretan Saracens off Kardia, in the Gulf of Saros....
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1766 Marmara earthquake (category Sea of Marmara)
where it plunges into the Gulf of Saros indicate evidence of rupture associated with this event. In the northwestern Sea of Marmara, fresh surface ruptures...
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Gallipoli campaign (redirect from Battle of Çanakkale)
battlefield. Entente aircraft also undertook anti-shipping operations in the Gulf of Saros, where a seaplane from HMS Ben-my-Chree sank an Ottoman tug with an...
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chief town of the Thracian Chersonese (today Gallipoli peninsula), was situated at the head of the Gulf of Melas (today the Gulf of Saros). It was originally...
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Eumenes (redirect from Eumenes of Cardia)
supporter of the Macedonian Argead royal house. He was executed after the Battle of Gabiene in the winter of 316–315 BC. Eumenes was a native of Cardia in...
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islands, including the following: Geography of Turkey Gulfs of Turkey List of Aegean Islands List of islands of Greece Çil Adası is also known as Çilada...
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Turkish Naval Forces (redirect from History of Turkish navies)
Müjgan which conducted mine cleaning operations in the Gulf of Saros. Before the Turkish War of Independence began, the Bahriye Nazırlığı (Naval Ministry)...
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İnce Burun, Gökçeada (category Headlands of Turkey)
westernmost point of Turkey. It is located at Gökçeada (older name in Turkish: İmroz; Greek: Ίμβρος – Imvros), at the entrance of Gulf of Saros in the northern...
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LNG Storage Facility, Dörtyol, BOTAŞ Botaş Saros FSRU Terminal, Gulf of Saros, BOTAŞ, under construction as of 2022 Jebel Ali LNG Import Terminal, Dubai...
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Landing at Suvla Bay (redirect from Battle of Suvla Bay)
The objective of IX Corps was to seize the ring of hills that surrounded the Suvla plain; Kiretch Tepe to the north along the Gulf of Saros, Tekke Tepe...
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Long Wall (Thracian Chersonese) (category History of the Gallipoli Peninsula)
Melas in the Gulf of Saros. The length of such a wall would make it very hard to defend, however. One 19th-century source reports remnants of the fortifications...
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French battleship Suffren (category Battleships of the French Navy)
forts. On 2 March the French squadron bombarded targets in the Gulf of Saros at the base of the Gallipoli Peninsula. On 7 March the French squadron attempted...
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1999 İzmit earthquake (category History of Düzce Province)
fault zone. It extends from the Gulf of Saros to Karlıova. It formed around 13–11 million years ago in the eastern part of Anatolia and developed westwards...
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Niketas Ooryphas (category Urban prefects of Constantinople)
without participating in the siege of the city. In c. 873, Ooryphas defeated the Cretan Saracens in the Gulf of Saros, and soon after followed this success...
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Charlemagne-class battleship (category World War I battleships of France)
bombardment of 25 February, although Charlemagne was not damaged. On 2 March, the French squadron bombarded targets in the Gulf of Saros, at the base of the Gallipoli...
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Michael VIII Palaiologos (redirect from Restoration of the Byzantine Empire)
Palaiologos (1272–1282) Co-Emperor with John IV Laskaris Now near the Gulf of Saros, Turkey. The illustration of Michael VIII in the Codex gr. 118 is likely based on another...
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Thracian Sea (redirect from Thracian Gulf)
Strymon River empties, the Kavala Gulf and the Saros Gulf in Turkey. Rivers emptying into this portion of the gulf include the Nestos and the Evros/Meriç...
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USS Pocono (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
several amphibious landings, including a joint NATO landing at the Gulf of Saros, Turkey, before returning to Norfolk on 12 October. After an extensive...
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French battleship Gaulois (category World War I battleships of France)
damage. On 2 March, the French squadron bombarded targets in the Gulf of Saros, at the base of the Gallipoli Peninsula. Five days later, the French squadron...
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Emil Meinecke (category Members of the Early Birds of Aviation)
aerial victories. After the war, he stayed in aviation, rising to the post of chief test pilot for Fokker. His post there ended with Germany's defeat in...
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Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (redirect from Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron of Wellington and Munstead)
force the straits by sea, Freyberg volunteered to swim ashore in the Gulf of Saros. Once ashore, he began lighting flares so as to distract the defending...
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Second Army (Ottoman Empire) (category Field armies of the Ottoman Empire)
Corps, also known as the "Saros Group", was located north of the peninsula's neck to defend against a landing from the Gulf of Saros. In March 1916, the decision...
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Theodor Croneiss (category Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie)
off Imbros. On 24 January 1918, Croneiss shot down a Sopwith over the Gulf of Saros. His fifth victory came on 23 May 1918, when he destroyed a Sopwith...
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