Nicholas Channel (also ''

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Channel''; or ) is a strait off the northeastern coast of

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. It lies 90 miles (145 km) east of

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Geography

Part of the

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, it is bordered to the west by the

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, to the north by the Cay Sal Bank and to the south by the Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago off Cuba's north shore and to the east by the Old Bahama Channel. Geography of this location can be described as follows:

Both the Little and the Great Bahama Banks have their edges towards the Atlantic. These gulfs and channels are full of islands and rocks which with some others farther south are comprehended under the general name of the Bahama Islands. The Key Sal Bank which turns the gulf stream to the north and sends it to the Straits of Florida lies between the Great Bahama Bank and Cuba between 23 and 24 N lat and is divided from the former by the Santarem Channel and from the latter by Nicholas Channel which unite farther to the south east and take the name of Old Bahama Channel. Key Sal Bank is of no great extent and contains few rocks and islets.George Long, George Richardson Porter, George Tucker, Wilhelm Wittich.America and the West Indies: geographically described
page 11. Publisher: C. Knight and Co., 1845

References

Straits of the Caribbean International straits Bodies of water of Cuba Bodies of water of the Bahamas Bahamas–Cuba border Geography of Camagüey Province Geography of Ciego de Ávila Province Geography of Holguín Province Geography of Las Tunas Province Geography of Sancti Spíritus Province Geography of Villa Clara Province {{Bahamas-geo-stub