Straits Straits The Arthur Kill (from the Middle Dutch word kille, meaning "riverbed" or "water channel") is a tidal strait separating Staten Island from mainland New Jersey, USA. Throughout history, it has also been known as Staten Island Sound. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arthur Kill"
The Bab-el-Mandeb, alternatively Bab el Mandab, Bab al Mandab, or Bab al Mandeb means "Gate of Tears" in Arabic (باب المندب), is the strait separating the continents of Asia ( Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula) and Africa ( Djibouti, north of Somalia on the Horn of Africa), connecting the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean ( Gulf of Aden). Note that some English maps simply state Mandab Strait to save space. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bab-el-Mandeb"
Badung Strait is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Nusa Penida. It is about 60 km long and 20 km wide. ...more on Wikipedia about "Badung Strait"
The Balintang Channel is the small waterway that separates the Batanes and Babuyan Islands, both of which belong to the Philippines, in the Luzon Strait. ...more on Wikipedia about "Balintang Channel"
Bass Strait ( IPA /bæs/) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland ( Victoria in particular). The first European to discover it was Matthew Flinders in 1798. Flinders named it after his ship's doctor George Bass. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bass Strait"
The Bering Strait is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the eastmost point (169°43' W) of the Asian continent and Cape Prince of Wales, the westernmost point (168°05' W) of the American continent, with latitude of about 65° 40' North, slightly southern to the polar circle. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bering Strait"
The Bungo Channel (豊後水道 Bungo suidō) is a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. It connects the Pacific Ocean and Seto Inland Sea. The narrowest part of this channel is the Hoyo Strait. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bungo Channel"
Cabot Strait is a strait in eastern Canada approximately 110 kilometres wide between Cape Ray, Newfoundland and Cape North, Cape Breton Island. It is the widest of the three outlets for the Gulf of Saint Lawrence into the Atlantic Ocean, the others being the Strait of Belle Isle and Strait of Canso. It is named for the Genoese explorer Giovanni Caboto. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cabot Strait"
In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks. See Stream bed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Channel (geography)"
The Chatham Strait is a narrow passage of the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska. It separates Chichagof Island and Baranof Island to its west from Admiralty Island and Kuiu Island on its east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatham Strait"
The Clarence Strait is a strait in southeastern Alaska, in the United States in the Alexander Archipelago. The strait separates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from Revillagigedo Island and Annette Island, on the east side. Clarence Strait extends 201 km (125 miles) from the Dixon Entrance to Summer Strait. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clarence Strait"
The Clarence Strait in northern Australia separates Melville Island from the mainland of Australia. It connects the Beagle Gulf in the west to the Van Diemen Gulf in the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Clarence Strait, Northern Territory"
The Colville Channel is one of three channels connecting the Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the easternmost channel, lying between the southern end of Great Barrier Island and Cape Colville at the northern tip of the Coromandel Peninsula. The tiny Channel Island lies in the centre of the channel. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colville Channel"
Cook Strait, the strait between the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand, takes its name from Captain James Cook, the first European commander to sail through it (January - February 1770). On the north side of the strait lies the harbour of Wellington. On the south side we find the Marlborough Sounds and Cloudy Bay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cook Strait"
The Corsica Channel is the strait between Italy and Corsica. It is about 50 miles (80 km) wide and divides the Tyrrhenian Sea from the western Mediterranean Sea. ...more on Wikipedia about "Corsica Channel"
The Cradock Channel is one of three channels connecting the Hauraki Gulf with the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Auckland, New Zealand. It is the central channel, lying between Great Barrier Island to the east and Hauturu/Little Barrier Island to the west. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cradock Channel"
Dampier Strait and Vitiaz Strait are a pair of straits between New Guinea and New Britain, linking the Bismarck Sea to the north with the Solomon Sea to the south. The Vitiaz Strait is the water to the west of Long Island (or Pono) in the centre of the channel; the Dampier Strait lies to the east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dampier Strait"
The Danish straits are the three channels that connecting the Baltic sea to the North Sea through the Kattegat and Skagerrak. They transect Denmark, and are not to be confused with the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland. The three passages are: ...more on Wikipedia about "Danish straits"
Davis Strait lies between mid-Western Greenland and the Canadian island of Baffin Island. Water depths in Davis Strait, at around 1-2 kilometres, are substantially less than in Labrador Sea to the south and Baffin Bay to the north. Davis Strait is underlain by complex geological features of buried basins and ridges, probably formed by strike-slip faulting during Palaeogene times about 45-62 million years ago. The strike-slip faulting transferred plate-tectonic motions in Labrador Sea to Baffin Bay. ...more on Wikipedia about "Davis Strait"
The Denmark Strait is a strait between Greenland (northwest) and Iceland (southeast). Northeast of the strait lies the island of Jan Mayen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denmark Strait"
Dolphin and Union Strait separates Victoria Island from mainland Canada's Northwest Territories area. The strait connects Amundsen Gulf, which lies to the northwest, and Coronation Gulf, which lies to the southeast. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dolphin and Union Strait"
The Etolin Strait is a strait in western Alaska, at about . It is between Nunivak Island to its west and Nelson Island and the Alaska mainland to its east. ...more on Wikipedia about "Etolin Strait"
The Euripus Strait (Greek: Ευριπος), is a narrow channel of water separating the Greek island of Euboea in the Aegean Sea from Boeotia in mainland Greece. It is subject to strong tidal currents which reverse direction several times a day. Its principal port is Chalkis on Euboea, which is located at the strait's narrowest point. ...more on Wikipedia about "Euripus Strait"
Foveaux Strait is the strait between the South Island and Stewart Island/Rakiura of New Zealand. Its European discoverer was Owen Folger Smith in 1804 and it is named after Joseph Foveaux who was Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales at the time. ...more on Wikipedia about "Foveaux Strait"
Fury and Hecla Strait is a narrow channel of water located in Northern Canada between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula. It was discovered in 1822 by Artic explorer William Edward Parry and was named for his ships: Fury and Hecla. It is almost always covered in ice, making the navigation around difficult. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fury and Hecla Strait"
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