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.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• Qiongzhou Strait – between Hainan and Guangdong
• Queen Charlotte Strait – between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada

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• 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

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• Sagewin Strait – a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)
• Saint-Barthélemy Channel – between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
• St. Clair River – Connects Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair.
  Separates 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, Papua New Guinea
• 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 – Scotland: 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 – Connects the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea. Separates Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra).
• Skagerrak – separating Denmark from Norway and Sweden
• Skog Passage – west of Joinville Island, Antarctica
• Smith Sound – between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland
• The Solent – England: between the Isle of Wight and Hampshire
• The Sound or Øresund – between Denmark and Sweden
• South Kvarken – between the Finnish Åland and Sweden
• Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait – separates Sakhalin (Karafuto) (Russia) from Hokkaidō (Japan)
• 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: Florida (USA)
• Svinesund – between Norway and Sweden
• The Swale – England: between the Isle of Sheppey and the mainland of Kent.

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• 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

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See also

• Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
• Floating suspension bridge

References