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Bosphorus Strait

Türkiye · Istanbul

Why it matters: The only maritime exit from the Black Sea; grain corridor and sanctioned-oil flashpoint.

Local map · live AIS

under way slow stationary

Fused signal timeline · 21 days

🚢 8 now · 2 under way 💨 1.8kt · calm-smooth transit favourable
07-10 07-03 06-26 06-19 NOW

No dated open-source events in the last 21 days for this box.

Daily satellite snapshot of Bosphorus Strait
Daily satellite context NASA GIBS · VIIRS/NOAA-20 true color · 2026-07-09 Daily true-color snapshot (2026-07-09) — context only; too coarse to resolve individual vessels. Open in NASA Worldview ↗

Assessment

Bosphorus Strait is showing a watch-level posture above its baseline; open-source coverage is holding steady. Latest reporting (2026-05-06): “1.9K views · 153 reactions | Turkey can shake the world with this tiny strait. The Bosporus may look small on the map, but it con…” — facebook.com. A live AIS snapshot saw 8 vessels in the box (2 under way, 6 stationary). Metocean: 1.8 kt wind, 0.04 m seas — transit favourable.

What changed

  • ›Most recent reporting dated 2026-05-06.
  • ›Live AIS: 8 vessels now in box, 6 stationary/slow.
  • ›Conditions: 1.8 kt / Bft 1, seas calm-smooth — favourable for transit.

Live AIS snapshot

90s window
8
in box
2
under way
6
stationary
0
slow/loiter
VesselSOGPosition
YAVUZ SULTAN SELIM-1 13.7kt 40.9971, 28.9637
ADMIRAL SUN 8.2kt 41.304, 29.1949
DIONYSIOS 0.1kt 40.9865, 28.9365
AYAMIA II 0.1kt 40.9683, 28.9093
MUZAFFER ANA 0kt 40.9733, 28.9135
YILDIZ BURNU 0kt 40.985, 28.9259

Live positions via AISStream.io at build time. Cross-run gap/dark-ship detection is the next iteration.

Metocean conditions

Wind1.8 kt
Gusts6.4 kt
Beaufort1
Wave ht0.04 m
Swell0.02 m
Visibility23 km
Sea statecalm-smooth
Transit favourable

Open-Meteo, box centroid, at build time.

Dated open-source reporting

Updated 10 Jul 2026, 20:15 UTC · narrator: rule-based · bbox [28.9, 40.9, 29.3, 41.35]