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Hamsilos Bay

Sinop · Sea & Coast

Miniature relief of Hamsilos Bay
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Say “fjord” and Norway comes to mind at once: deep, narrow, steep-sided inlets carved by glaciers… So what would you think if you heard there was a “fjord” on the Black Sea coast too, right next to Sinop? Hamsilos Bay is popularly known as Turkey’s only fjord; what geologists would say is anyone’s guess, but the view certainly lives up to the claim…