Which of the following statement is/are incorrect? Strait of Otranto separates Italy and Balkan Peninsula and connects Adriatic Sea with Ionian Sea. Bosporus Strait separates Istanbul and Anatolia Peninsula and connects Black Sea with Sea of Marmara. Select the incorrect code from below.

Which of the following statement is/are incorrect? Strait of Otranto separates Italy and Balkan Peninsula and connects Adriatic Sea with Ionian Sea. Bosporus Strait separates Istanbul and Anatolia Peninsula and connects Black Sea with Sea of Marmara. Select the incorrect code from below. Correct Answer None of the above

The correct answer is option 4, i.e, None of the above.

• Strait of Otranto:
  • It separates Italy and Balkan Peninsula.
  • It connects Adriatic Sea with Ionian Sea.
  • It is about 500 miles long with an average width of 100 miles, a maximum depth of 4035 feet and area of 50590 square miles.
  • There is a striking contrast between its two shores.
    • The Italian coast is relatively straight and continuous having no islands.
    • The Croatian coast is full of both large and small islands generally oblong in shape and running parallel to the continental shore.
• Bosporus Strait:
  • It separates Istanbul and Anatolia Peninsula.
  • It connects Black Sea with Sea of Marmara.
  • It is 19 miles long, with a maximum width of 2.3 miles at the northern entrance.
  • And a minimum width of 2450 feet between the Ottoman fortifications of Rumelihisari and Anadoluhisari.
  • Its depth varies from 120 to 408 feet in midstream.
  • The Bosporus is heavily fished.
  • Two bridges have been built across the strait.
    • First, the Bogazici Bridge was completed in 1973 and has a main span of 3524 feet.
    • Second, the Fatih Sultan Mehmed was completed in 1988 and has a main span of 3576 feet.
  • A rail tunnel under the Bosporus opened in 2013.