List of straits
This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." see "S", for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article .
A
- Agate Pass - Puget Sound
- Agattu Strait - Aleutians
- Akashi Strait - Japan
- Alas Strait - between Lombok and Sumbawa in Indonesia
- Alor Strait - Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
- Amchitka Pass - 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)
B
- Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to 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 Gdansk 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
- 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
- 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[1]
- 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
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
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 - 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
- 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
- English Channel - between Great Britain and France
- Euripus Strait - between the Island of Euboea and Greece 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
- 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
- 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, CA and San Francisco, CA - 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 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
- Irbe Strait - between Latvia and the island of Saaremaa in Estonia
J
- Jamaica Channel - between Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea
- Jildo Strait - somewhere around Waigeo [2] (same as Jailolo Strait?[3])
- Johor Strait or Strait of Johor - between Singapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia
- 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
- 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
- Langeland's Belt - between Danish islands of Langeland and Lolland
- 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 Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas
- 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 - California
- Marie-Galante Passage - Guadeloupe
- Martinique Channel - between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
- Martinique Passage - between Dominica and Martinique
- 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 Strait or Straits of Niagara - 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 - between Northern Ireland and Scotland
- 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)
- 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
- Port Washington Narrows - Puget Sound
- Porte des Morts - between Green Bay and Lake Michigan
Q
- Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong
R
- Revenges Strait - a.k.a. Sele Strait
- Rich Passage - Puget Sound
- Robeson Channel - between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
S
- Sagewin Strait - a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)
- Saint-Barthélemy Channel - between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
- 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
- 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 del Serpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela
- Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island
- 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 Islands and Sweden
- Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait - dividing Sakhalin (Karafuto) from Hokkaidō
- 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
- 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
- Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and the Korean Peninsula
- Turkish Straits - collectively refers to the Turkish straits the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles
V
- 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
- Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba
See also
| Lists of bodies of water | ||
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| List of... | Lists of... | Category |
| Lists of rivers | Category:Lists of rivers | |
| List of lakes | Lists of lakes | Category:Lists of lakes |
| List of waterways | Lists of waterways | |
| List of reservoirs and dams | Lists of reservoirs and dams | Category:Lists of dams |
| Lists of canals | Category:Lists of canals | |
| List of straits | ||
| List of seas | ||
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