Besika Bay, a bay on the north-west coast of Asia Minor, opposite Tenedos, to the south of the entrance of the Dardanelles. The English fleet was stationed here during crises in the Eastern Question, in 1853-54 and 1877-78.
Besika Bay
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 106
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