List of straits

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This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait . For "Strait of.." or for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article.

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A

StraitLocation
Agate Pass Port Madison and mainland Kitsap County in Puget Sound
Agattu Strait Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians
Akashi Strait Honshu and Awaji
Alas Strait Lombok and Sumbawa
Alor Strait Lesser Sunda Islands
Amchitka Pass the Rat Islands group to the west and the Delarof Islands to the east within the Alaskan Aleutians
Anegada Passage the Virgin Islands and Anguilla
Anguilla Channel Anguilla and Saint Martin
Arthur Kill Staten Island and New Jersey
Augusta's Strait Dampier Strait (Indonesia), between the Raja Ampat islands of Waigeo and Batanta, province of West Papua

B


StraitLocation
Bab-el-Mandeb Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea
Bab Iskender Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti in Africa
Balabac Strait Palawan and Borneo
Bali Strait Java and Bali
Strait of Baltiysk Vistula Bay and Gdańsk Bay
Bangka Strait Sumatra and Bangka Island (also: Banca, Banka)
Banks Strait Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania
Bashi Channel Mavudis (also called Y'Ami Island), and Orchid Island
Basilan Strait between Mindanao, Philippines and Basilan
Bass Strait Mainland Australia and Tasmania
Beagle Channel Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Belle Isle Newfoundland and Mainland Canada
Bering Strait Asia and North America
Boca Chica Pass Former strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre
Bohai Strait Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea
Bohol Strait Cebu Strait
Strait of Bonifacio Corsica and Sardinia
Bosporus Europe and Asia
Bougainville Strait (Indonesia) Waigeo and the Kawe Islands [1]
Bougainville Strait Bougainville Island and Choiseul Island
Boundary Pass British Columbia and Washington state
Bransfield Strait South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula
Bungo Channel Kyūshū and Shikoku
Burias Pass Bicol Peninsula and Burias Island

C


StraitLocation
Cabot Strait Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island
Caicos Passage Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas
Strait of Canso Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Carquinez Strait San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California
Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) Bohol and Cebu
Chatham Strait Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska
Chios Strait Turkey and Chios
Clarence Strait Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska
Coco Channel Coco Islands and the North Andaman Island
Colvos Passage Puget Sound|
Cook Strait New Zealand, between the North Island and the South Island
Straits of Corfu Corfu and mainland Greece/Albania
Cozumel Channel Cozumel Island and the Yucatán Peninsula
Cross Sound Chichagof Island to its south and the mainland to its north, of Alaska
Cumberland Sound Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula, in Canada

D

StraitLocation
Dalcahue Channel Chile: Quinchao Island and Chiloé Island
Dalco Passage Puget Sound
Dampier Strait (Indonesia) Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands
Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) New Britain and Umboi Island
Danish straits Refers collectively to the Danish straits Oresund, Fehmarn Belt, Little Belt and Great Belt between Scandinavia and Jutland.
Dardanelles Europe and Asia
Davis Strait Baffin Island and Greenland
Deception Pass Puget Sound
Denmark Strait Greenland and Iceland
La Désirade Passage Guadeloupe
Detroit River Connects Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie.
Separates the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA
(The word "détroit" is French for "strait".)
Dixon Entrance Alaska and British Columbia
Dolphin and Union Strait Northwest Territories and Victoria Island
Dominica Passage Dominica and Guadeloupe
Strait of Dover The narrowest part of the English Channel
Dragon's Mouths (Bocas del Dragón) Trinidad and Venezuela
Drake Passage South America and Antarctica

E

StraitLocation
East River Manhattan, the Bronx and Long Island
Eastern Channel Korean Peninsula and the Iki Island
English Channel Great Britain and France
Euripus Strait the Island of Euboea and the Greek mainland on the Aegean

F

StraitLocation
Falkland Sound West Falkland and East Falkland
Fehmarn Belt Fehmarn and Lolland
Fehmarn Sound Fehmarn and the German mainland
Fisher Strait Canada: Southampton Island (to the north-west) and Coats Island (to the south-east)
Straits of Florida Florida and Cuba
Formosa Strait Taiwan and the Mainland China
Foveaux Strait New Zealand, between the South Island and Stewart Island
Foxe Channel Canada: the Foxe Basin (to the north) from Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait (to the south)
Freeman Strait Barentsøya and Edgeøya in Svalbard
Frozen Strait Canada: the Melville Peninsula to the north and Southampton Island to the south
Fury and Hecla Strait Canada: Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula

G

StraitLocation
Galowa Strait, or Sele Strait Salawati Island, New Guinea
Strait of Georgia Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia
Strait of Gibraltar Europe (Spain) and Africa (Morocco)
Golden Gate Strait Marin County, California and San Francisco – entrance to San Francisco Bay
Great Belt The islands of Zealand and Funen (Denmark)
Guadeloupe Passage North of Guadeloupe, West Indies
Gulf of Corryvreckan The Scottish islands of Jura and Scarba
Gulf of Mannar India and Sri Lanka
Gulf Trough (a.k.a. Suwannee Strait)(Prehistoric)

H

StraitLocation
Hall Basin Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Harlem River Manhattan and The Bronx
Haro Straits A series of straits between British Columbia and Washington state
Hecate Strait Canada: Haida Gwaii and British Columbia
Honguedo Strait Canada: Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
Strait of Hormuz Oman and Iran
Hōyo Strait Japan: Kyūshū and Shikoku
Hudson Strait Canada: Baffin Island and Quebec

I

StraitLocation
Indispensable Strait Guadalcanal and Malaita
Irbe Strait Latvia and the island of Saaremaa

J

StraitLocation
Jamaica Channel Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean
Jildo Strait Waigeo [2] (same as Jailolo Strait? [3] )
Johor Strait or Strait of Johor Singapore and the state of Johor
Jones Sound Devon Island and the southern end of Ellesmere Island
Strait of Juan de Fuca Vancouver Island, and Olympic Peninsula

K

StraitLocation
Kalmar Strait Sweden:Öland and Småland
Kane Basin Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Kanmon Strait Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū
Kara Strait Russia: Novaya Zemlya and Vaygach Island
Karimata Strait Indonesia: Sumatra and Borneo
Kattegat Jutland and Halland and neighboring provinces.
Kerch Strait Crimea and Russia
Sound of KilbrannanScotland: Between Kintyre Peninsula and the island of Arran
Kildin Strait Kildin Island and Kola Peninsula
Kill Van Kull Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey
Kitan Strait Awaji Island and Honshū
Korea Strait Korea and Japan
Gulf of Ephesus (Kólpos Ephésou),
or Gulf of Kuşadası
Turkey and Samos, Greece
Kvarken Sweden and Finland
Kwangtung Strait

L

StraitLocation
Lancaster Sound Devon Island and Baffin Island
Langeland's Belt Langeland and Lolland
Lembeh Strait Sulawesi and Lembeh island
Little Belt Island of Funen and mainland Denmark
Lombok Strait Bali and Lombok
Luzon Strait Taiwan and Luzon

M

StraitLocation
Straits of Mackinac Connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.
Separates Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas
Strait of Magellan South America and Tierra del Fuego
Main Channel Connects Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
Separates Ontario's Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula.
Makassar Strait Borneo and Sulawesi
Malacca Strait or Strait of Malacca Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
Maliku Kandu Maldives
Malta Channel Malta and Sicily
Maqueda Channel Between Luzon and Catanduanes
Mare Island Strait Mare Island and mainland Solano County in California
Marie-Galante Passage Guadeloupe
Martinique Channel Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Martinique Passage Dominica and Martinique
McClintock Strait Islands of Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island
McClure Strait Melville Island and Banks Island
Menai Strait Anglesey and mainland Wales
Strait of Messina Sicily and Italian peninsula
The Minch Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland
Mindoro Strait Mindoro and Palawan
Mona Passage Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Myeongnyang Strait Jindo Island and Korean peninsula
Mytilini Strait Turkey and the island of Lesbos

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

VWY

NameCountryDetails
Viscount Melville Sound CanadaBetween Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and the Queen Elizabeth Islands
Vitiaz Strait Papua New GuineaBetween New Guinea and Long Island
Wantsum Channel EnglandFormer channel between the Isle of Thanet and the mainland of Kent; now drained, and Thanet now only separated from the mainland by the River Wantsum, a minor drainage channel
Wetar Strait East Timor
Indonesia
Between East Timor and the Indonesian island of Wetar
Windward Passage Cuba
Haiti
Between Cuba and Hispaniola
Yucatán Channel Cuba
Mexico

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  2. Revue hydrographique, vols. 19–21, International Hydrographic Bureau, 1942
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