List of straits

List of straits
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.
A
Agate Pass – between Port Madison and mainland Kitsap County in Puget Sound
Agattu Strait – between Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians
Akashi Strait – between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Awaji
Alas Strait – between Lombok and Sumbawa in Indonesia
Alor Strait – Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
Amchitka Pass – between the Rat Islands group to the west and the Delarof Islands to the east within the Alaskan Aleutians
Anegada Passage – between the Virgin Islands and Anguilla
Anguilla Channel – between Anguilla and Saint Martin
Arthur Kill – between Staten Island and New Jersey
Augusta's Strait – a.k.a. Dampier Strait (Indonesia), between the Raja Ampat islands of Waigeo and Batanta, within the Indonesian province of West Papua
B
Bab-el-Mandeb – connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea
Bab Iskender – between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti in Africa
Balabac Strait – between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo
Bali Strait – between the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali
Strait of Baltiysk – between Vistula Bay and Gdańsk Bay
Bangka Strait – between Sumatra and Bangka Island (also: Banca, Banka)
Banks Strait – between Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania
Bashi Channel – between Mavudis (also called Y'Ami Island), Philippines and Orchid Island, Taiwan
Basilan Strait - between Mindanao, Philippines and Basilan, Philippines.
Bass Strait – between mainland Australia and Tasmania
Beagle Channel – Tierra del Fuego
Strait of Belle Isle – between Newfoundland and mainland Canada
Bering Strait – between Asia and North America
Boca Chica Pass – an historical strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre
Bohai Strait – between Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea
Bohol Strait – a.k.a. Cebu Strait
Strait of Bonifacio – between Corsica and Sardinia
Bosporus – between Europe and Asia
Bougainville Strait (Indonesia) – between Waigeo and the Kawe Islands
Bougainville Strait (Solomon Islands) – between Bougainville Island and Choiseul Island
Boundary Pass – between British Columbia and Washington state
Bransfield Strait – between South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula
Bungo Channel – between Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan
Burias Pass - between Bicol Peninsula and Burias Island
C
Cabot Strait – between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island
Caicos Passage – between Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas
Strait of Canso – between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
Carquinez Strait – connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California
Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) – between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines
Chatham Strait – between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska
Chios Strait – between Turkey and the Greek island Chios
Clarence Strait – between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska
Coco Channel – between the Burmese Coco Islands and the Indian North Andaman Island
Colvos Passage – Puget Sound
Cook Strait – between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand
Straits of Corfu – between the Greek island Corfu and mainland Greece/Albania
Cozumel Channel – between Cozumel Island and the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
Cross Sound – between Chichagof Island to its south and the mainland to its north, of Alaska
Cumberland Sound – between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula, in Canada
D
Dalcahue Channel – between Quinchao Island and Chiloé Island
Dalco Passage – Puget Sound
Dampier Strait (Indonesia) – between Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands
Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) – between New Britain and Umboi Island
Danish straits – collectively refers to the Danish straits Oresund, Fehmarn Belt, Little Belt and Great Belt between Scandinavia and Jutland
Dardanelles – between Europe and Asia
Davis Strait – between Baffin Island and Greenland
Deception Pass – Puget Sound
Denmark Strait – between Greenland and Iceland
La Désirade Passage – Guadeloupe
Detroit River – between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA (The word "détroit" is French for "strait")
Dixon Entrance – between Alaska and British Columbia
Dolphin and Union Strait – between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island
Dominica Passage – between Dominica and Guadeloupe
Strait of Dover – the narrowest part of the English Channel between Great Britain and France
Dragon's Mouths (Bocas del Dragón) – between Trinidad and Venezuela
Drake Passage – between South America and Antarctica
E
East River – between Manhattan, the Bronx and Long Island
Eastern Channel – between Korean Peninsula and the Iki Island
English Channel – between Great Britain and France
Euripus Strait – between the Island of Euboea and the Greek mainland on the Aegean
F
Falkland Sound – between West Falkland and East Falkland
Fehmarn Belt – between the German island Fehmarn and the Danish island Lolland
Fehmarn Sound – between German island Fehmarn and the German mainland
Fisher Strait – between Southampton Island (to the north-west) from Coats Island (to the south-east)
Straits of Florida – between Florida and Cuba
Formosa Strait – between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland
Foveaux Strait – between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand
Foxe Channel – between the Foxe Basin (to the north) from Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait (to the south) of Canada
Freeman Strait – between Barentsøya and Edgeøya in Svalbard, Norway
Frozen Strait – between the Melville Peninsula to the north and Southampton Island to the south, in Canada
Fury and Hecla Strait – between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula
G
Galowa Strait – a.k.a. Sele Strait
Strait of Georgia – between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia, Canada
Strait of Gibraltar – between Europe and Africa
Golden Gate Strait – between Marin County, California and San Francisco – entrance to San Francisco Bay
Great Belt – between the islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark
Guadeloupe Passage – north of Guadeloupe, West Indies
Gulf of Corryvreckan - between the Scottish islands of Jura and Scarba
Gulf of Mannar – between India and Sri Lanka
Gulf Trough (a.k.a. Suwannee Strait) – (prehistoric)
H
Hall Basin – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Harlem River – between Manhattan and The Bronx
Haro Straits – series of straits between British Columbia and Washington state
Hecate Strait – between Haida Gwaii and British Columbia
Honguedo Strait – between Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
Strait of Hormuz – between Oman and Iran
Hōyo Strait – between Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan
Hudson Strait – between Baffin Island and Quebec
I
Indispensable Strait – between Guadalcanal and Malaita in the Solomon Islands
Irbe Strait – between Latvia and the island of Saaremaa in Estonia
J
Jamaica Channel – between Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean
Jildo Strait – somewhere around Waigeo (same as Jailolo Strait?)
Johor Strait or Strait of Johor – between Singapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia
Jones Sound – between t he Canadian islands of Devon Island and the southern end of Ellesmere Island
Strait of Juan de Fuca – between Vancouver Island, Canada and Olympic Peninsula, United States
K
Kalmar Strait – between Öland and Småland
Kane Basin – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Kanmon Strait – between Honshū and Kyūshū
Kara Strait – between Novaya Zemlya and Vaygach Island in Russia
Karimata Strait – between Sumatra and Borneo
Kattegat – between Danish Jutland and Swedish Halland and neighboring provinces.
Kerch Strait – between Crimea and Russia
Kildin Strait – between Kildin Island and Kola Peninsula in Russia
Kill Van Kull – between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey
Kitan Strait – between Awaji Island and the island Honshū in Japan
Korea Strait – between Korea and Japan
Gulf of Kuşadası – between Turkey and the Greek island Samos
Kvarken – between Sweden and Finland
Kwangtung Strait
L
Lancaster Sound – between Canadian islands of Devon and Baffin
Langeland's Belt – between Danish islands of Langeland and Lolland
Lembeh Strait – between Sulawesi and Lembeh island in Indonesia
Little Belt – between the island Funen and mainland Denmark
Lombok Strait – between Bali and Lombok in Indonesia
Luzon Strait – between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines
M
Straits of Mackinac – between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron / and between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas
Main Channel – between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay / and between Ontario's Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula
Strait of Magellan – between South America and Tierra del Fuego
Makassar Strait – between Borneo and Sulawesi
Malacca Strait or Strait of Malacca – between Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
Maliku Kandu – Maldives
Malta Channel – between Malta and Sicily
Mare Island Strait – between Mare Island and mainland Solano County in California
Marie-Galante Passage – Guadeloupe
Martinique Channel – between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
Maqueda Channel - between Luzon and Catanduanes, Philippines
Martinique Passage – between Dominica and Martinique
McClintock Strait between the Canadian islands of Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island
McClure Strait – Melville Island and Banks Island
Menai Strait – between Anglesey and mainland Wales
Strait of Messina – between Sicily and mainland Italy
The Minch – between Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland
Mindoro Strait – between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines
Mona Passage – between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
Myeongnyang Strait – between Jindo Island and mainland South Korea
Mytilini Strait – between Turkey and the Greek island Lesbos
N
Nares Strait – between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with Lincoln Sea / the Arctic Sea
The Narrows – between Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City
Naruto Strait – between Awaji Island and the island Shikoku in Japan
Nemuro Strait – between Kunashir Island and the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan
Niagara River – between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of New York, USA
Nicholas Channel – between Cuba and the Bahamas
North Channel (British Isles) – between Northern Ireland and Scotland
North Channel (Ontario) – between Georgian Bay on the east, and St. Marys River on the west
Northumberland Strait – between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia
O
Old Bahama Channel – between Cuba and the Bahamas
Ombai Strait – Alor Archipelago, Indonesia
Øresund – between Danish Zealand and Swedish Scania
Strait of Otranto – between Italy and Albania
P
Palk Strait – between India and Sri Lanka
Panama – between North America and South America (Panama Canal)
Parry Channel – between Baffin Bay in the east and Beaufort Sea in the west, of Canada
Pearse Canal – between Alaska and islands of British Columbia
Pentland Firth – between the Orkney archipelago and the mainland of Scotland
La Pérouse Strait (also Soya Strait) – between Sakhalin and Japan
Pertuis d'Antioche – on the Atlantic coast of Western France
Pickering Passage – Puget Sound
Pitt Strait (Indonesia) (a.k.a. Sagewin Strait) – between Salawati and Batanta in Indonesia
Pitt Strait (New Zealand) – between Chatham Island and Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands
Polillo Strait - between Polillo Island and Luzon Island
Port Washington Narrows – Puget Sound
Porte des Morts – between Green Bay and Lake Michigan
Prince of Wales Strait – between Banks Island and Victoria Island in Canada
Prince Regent Inlet – between the west end of Baffin Island (Brodeur Peninsula) and Somerset Island on the west, of Canada
Q
Qiongzhou Strait – between Hainan and Guangdong
Queen Charlotte Strait – between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada
R
Revenges Strait – a.k.a. Sele Strait
Rich Passage – Puget Sound
Robeson Channel – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
Roes Welcome Sound – between the mainland of Canada on the west and Southampton Island on the east
S
Sagewin Strait – a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)
Saint-Barthélemy Channel – between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
St. Clair River – between Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA
St George's Channel – between Ireland and Wales
St George's Channel – between New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago
Saint Lucia Channel – between Martinique and Saint Lucia
St. Marys River – between Lake Superior and Lake Huron / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA
Saint Vincent Passage – between Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia
Les Saintes Passage – Guadeloupe
Sakonnet River – between Aquidneck Island and Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island.
San Bernardino Strait – between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines
San Juanico Strait – between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines
Scapa Flow – between several of the Orkney islands
Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Strait, Revenges Strait) – between Salawati and New Guinea
Serpent's Mouth (Boca de la Serpiente) – between Trinidad and Venezuela
Shelikof Strait – between the Alaska mainland to the west and Kodiak and Afognak islands to the east, in the USA
Sibutu Passage – between Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago
Strait of Sicily – between Sicily and Africa
Singapore Strait – between Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra)
Skagerrak – separating Denmark from Norway and Sweden
Smith Sound – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
The Solent – between the Isle of Wight and southern Great Britain
The Sound or Øresund – between Denmark and Sweden
South Kvarken – between the Finnish Åland and Sweden
Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait – dividing Sakhalin (Karafuto) from Hokkaidō
Sula Channel - connects Albay Gulf to Pacific Ocean
Sumba Strait – between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia
Sunda Strait – between Sumatra and Java
Surigao Strait – between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines
Suwannee Strait (prehistoric) – a.k.a. Gulf Trough
Svinesund – between Norway and Sweden
The Swale – between the Isle of Sheppey and southern Great Britain
T
Tablas Strait – between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines
Tacoma Narrows – Puget Sound
Taiwan Strait – between Taiwan and Mainland China
Tanon Strait – between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines
Strait of Tartary (also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) – Sakhalin
Strait of Tebrau – between Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Ticao Pass - separates Ticao Island from the Bicol Peninsula in the Philippines.
Strait of Tiran – between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia
Tolo Channel – narrow opening to the Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong
Tongass Passage – between Alaska and British Columbia
Torres Strait – between New Guinea and Australia
Tsugaru Strait – between Hokkaidō and Honshū
Turkish Straits – collectively refers to the Turkish straits the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe
V
Viscount Melville Sound – between the Canadian islands of Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and the Queen Elizabeth Islands
Vitiaz Strait – between New Guinea and Long Island
W
Wantsum Channel – former channel between the Isle of Thanet and the mainland of southern England; now drained, and Thanet now only separated from the mainland by the River Wantsum, a minor drainage channel
Wetar Strait – between Timor and the Indonesian island of Wetar
Windward Passage – between Cuba and Hispaniola
Y
Yucatán Channel – between Mexico and Cuba
See also
Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
Floating suspension bridge
References
Straits
Straits