Dardanelles, a strait extending between the Archipelago and the Sea of Marmora, anciently called the Hellespont, 40 m. long, from 1 to 4 broad; commanded by Turkey, both sides of the strait being strongly fortified.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Darbyites * Dardanus