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List of straits
This List of straits is an appendix to the article strait.
See also: Category:straits
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A
- Agattu Strait - Aleutians
- Akashi Strait - Japan
- Amchitka Pass - Aleutians
- Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla
B
- Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Indian Ocean
- Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo
- Strait of Baltiysk - between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay
- Bass Strait - between mainland Australia and Tasmania
- Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada
- Bering Strait - between Asia and North America
- Bohol Strait - also called Cebu Strait, between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines
- Strait of Bonifacio - between Corsica and Sardinia
- Bosporus - between Europe and Asia
- Bungo Channel - Japan
C
- Cabot Strait - between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island
- Strait of Canso - between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
- Chatham Strait - between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska
- Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska
- Cook Strait - between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand
D
- Dampier Strait - west end of New Guinea
- Dardanelles - between Europe and Asia
- Davis Strait - between Baffin Island and Greenland
- Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - (English Channel)
- Detroit River - between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie
- Dragon's Mouth (Boca del Dragón) - between Trinidad and Venezuela
- Drake Passage - between South America and Antarctica
E
- English Channel -between England and France
F
- Straits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba
- Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, Canada
G
- Strait of Georgia - between Vancouver Island and British Columbia
- Strait of Gibraltar - between Europe and Africa
- Golden Gate - between the Marin headlands and San Francisco, California
- Great Belt - Denmark
- Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, West Indies
H
- Hecate Strait - between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia
- Honguedo Strait - between Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
- Strait of Hormuz - between Arabia and Iran
- Hoyo Strait - Japan
- Hudson Strait - between Baffin Island and Quebec
K
- Kalmar Strait - between Öland and Smĺland
- Kanmon Strait - between Honshu and Kyushu
- Kara Strait
- Karimata Strait - between Sumatra and Borneo
- Kerch Strait - between Crimea and Russia
- Kitan Strait - Japan
- Korea Strait - between Korea and Japan
- Kwangtung Strait
L
- La Perouse Strait (also Soya Strait) - between Sakhalin and Japan
- Lancaster Strait
- Little Belt - Denmark
- Lombok Strait
- Luzon Strait - between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines
M
- Straits of Mackinac - between northern and southern Michigan
- Strait of Magellan - between South America and Tierra del Fuego
- Makassar Strait - between Borneo and Sulawesi
- Straits of Malacca - between Malaysia and Sumatra
- Mare Island Strait
- 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
- Mindoro Strait - between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines
- Canal de la Mona - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
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 - Japan
- Northumberland Strait - between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia
O
P
- Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka
- Pease Strait
- Pertuis d'Antioche - on the Atlantic coast of Western France
Q
S
- San Bernardino Strait - between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines
- San Juanico Strait - between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines
- Serpent's Mouth (Boca del Serpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela
- Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island
- Shimonoseki Strait
- Strait of Sicily - between Sicily and Africa
- Smith Strait
- Sumba Strait - between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia
- Sunda Strait - between Sumatra and Java
- Surigao Strait - between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines
T
- Tablas Strait - between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines
- Strait of Taiwan - between Taiwan and China
- Tanon Strait - between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines
- Strait of Tartary (also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) - Sakhalin
- Strait of Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia
- Torres Strait - between New Guinea and Australia
- Tsugaru Strait - between Hokkaido and Honshu
- Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and Korean Peninsula
V
- Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and New Britain
W
- Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola
Y
- Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba
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