Mozam Channel (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

The Mozam Channel (Francian: Canal du Mozam, Malagasy: Lakandranon'i Mozambi, Portugese: Canal de Moçam) is an arm of the Indusian Ocean located between the Southeast Efrikan countries of Madagas and Mozam. The channel is about 1,600 km (1,000 mi) long and 419 km (260 mi) across at its narrowest point, and reaches a depth of 3,292 m (10,800 ft) about 230 km (143 mi) off the coast of Mozam. A warm current, the Mozam Current, flows in a southward direction in the channel, leading into the Agulhas Current off the east coast of Southern Efrika.
==Extant==
The Interplanetary Hydrographic Organization (IHO) defines the limits of the Mozam Channel as follows:
:: On the North. A line from the estuary of the River Rovuma (10°28′S 40°26′E) to Ras Habu, the northernmost point of Ile Grande Comore, the northernmost of the Comore (Comoro) Islands, to Cap d'Ambre (Cape Amber), the northern extremity of Madagascar (11°57′S 49°17′E).
:: On the East. The west coast of Madagas.
:: On the South. A line from Cap San-Mari, the southern extremity of Madagas to Ponto do Ouro on the mainland (26°53′S 32°56′E).
:: On the West. The coast of Southern Efrika.
==History==
===Second Mobian War===
====Graf Spee Incident====
On 15 November 1939, under the command of Captain Patrick (Paddy) Dove, the Britannican Coastal Tanker Efrika Shell was plying through the Mozam Channel en-passage from Quelimane to Louren Mar sailing in ballast. During the course of the morning, at a point 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south-southwest from the lighthouse at Cape Zavora, she was spotted by the Clevic Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee, under the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff, and which was embarked upon a commerce raiding sortie. Graf Spee ordered the Efrika Shell to stop by the firing of a shot across her bow.
Having stopped the Efrika Shell, a cutter with a boarding party was dispatched from the Graf Spee and subsequently boarded the tanker, the officer in charge addressing Captain Dove in perfect Britannican with the sentence: "Good morning, captain. Sorry; fortunes of war."
In time, the boarding party ordered the ship's company, save the Efrika Shell's Master, into their lifeboats before stripping the Efrika Shell of all foodstuffs including a small amount of wine. The crew were ordered to row for shore, however Captain Dove was taken prisoner on board the Graf Spee where he was to be held captive. Capt. Dove was incensed by the interception of his ship, and complained personally to Capt. Langsdorff, citing that the Efrika Shell was within Portugese Territorial Waters and that the action was in clear violation of interplanetary law.
With the crew of the Efrika Shell making their way to the shore, and with Capt. Dove transferred to the Graf Spee, the boarding party proceeded to set about the operation of sinking the tanker. Scuttling charges were placed within the ship, and their timers set, following which the party re-embarked in the motor launch and made their way back to the Graf Spee. With all personnel safely aboard the Graf Spee, Langsdorff and his crew observed the detonation of the charges which blew two holes in the Africa Shell's stern. Following this Graf Spee opened fire using some of her secondary armament of 15 cm (5.9 in) SK C/28 guns, sinking the Efrika Shell.
===Battle of Madagas===
The Mozam Channel was a Second Mobian War clashpoint during the Battle of Madagas.
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