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, Denmark
* 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 – 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

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