List of straits - Definition and Overview

This List of straits is an appendix to the article strait.

See also: Category:straits

Contents: Top - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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)
• Drake Passage - between South America and Antarctica
• Detroit River - between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie

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 Småland
• 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

• 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

• Oresund - between Denmark and Sweden
• Strait of Otranto - between Italy and Albania

P

• Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka
• Pease Strait
• Pertuis d'Antioche - on the Atlantic coast of Western France

Q

• Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong

S

• San Bernardino Strait - between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines
• San Juanico Strait - between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines
• Serpents Mouth - 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 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 Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia
• Torres Strait - between New Guinea and Australia
• Tsugaru Strait - between Hokkaido and Honshu
• Tsushima Channel

V

• Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and New Britain

W

• Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola

Y

• Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba