Black Sea

The Black Sea, an inland sea which is surrounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is eventually connected to the Atlantic Ocean through the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas and various channels.

Geography

Black sea is connected by the Bosporus channel to the Sea of Marmara, by the strait of the Dardanelles to the Aegean Sea area of the Mediterranean and by the Strait of Kerch to the Sea of Azov. The sea divides Eastern Europe and western Asia.

The Black Sea covers an area of about 436,400 km2 (168,495.0 sq mi) and maximum depth is about 2,206 m (7,238 ft), and volume is approximately 547,000 km³ (133,500 cu mi).

Batumi, Burgas, Constanta, Giresun, Istanbul, Kerch, Kherson, Mangalia, Navodari, Novorossiysk, Odessa, Ordu, Poti, Rize, Samsun, Sevastopol, Sochi, Sukhumi, Trabzon, Varna, Yalta, and Zonguldak are the important cities that lie along the shore.

List of Seas in Atlantic Ocean