Matochkin Strait (586 bytes)
1: ...ere are fishing [[settlement]]s along the strait (Matochkin Shar, Stolbovoy).

Strait (2191 bytes)
1: [[Image:Strait.png|framed|Simplified diagram]]
3: ...nd [[war]]s have been fought for control of these straits. Numerous artificial channels, called ''[[canal]...
5: ...|Mediterranean]] and the [[Black Sea]]; and the [[Straits of Malacca]], which lie between [[Malaysia]] and...
7: ...its, they are not usually referred to as straits. Straits are typically much larger, wider structures that...
9: ...ts are the duals of [[isthmus]]es. That is, while straits lie between two land masses and connects two lar...

Denmark Strait (584 bytes)
1: The '''Denmark Strait''' is a [[strait]] between [[Greenland]] and [[Iceland]].
3: ...he cold East Greenland current passes through the strait and carries icebergs south into the north Atlanti...
5: ...orld War II]], a battle took place in the Denmark Strait between [[Germany|German]] and [[United Kingdom|B...

Etolin Strait (493 bytes)
1: The '''Etolin Strait''' is a strait in western [[Alaska]], at about 60°37' North ...
3: The strait connects [[Kuskokwim Bay]] and the [[Bering Sea]]...

Zimovia Strait (344 bytes)
1: ...er Archipelago]] of southeastern [[Alaska]]. The strait is about 100 km (60 miles) long.

Strait of Tiquina (138 bytes)
1: The '''Strait of Tiquina''' is the passage that connects the la...

Strait of Baltiysk (362 bytes)
1: ...it of Baltiysk''' (also ''Pilawa Strait'') is the strait between [[Gdansk Bay]] ([[Baltic Sea]]) and [[Vis...
4: [[Category:Straits of Europe]]

Strait of Georgia (2997 bytes)
3: ... de Fuca]], while the northern end is [[Johnstone Strait]].
5: ...couver area map.png|thumb|right|175px|Part of the Strait of Georgia is shown in this map of the Vancouver ...
7: ...the [[British Columbia Ferries]] system cross the Strait, between [[Tsawwassen]] (south of Vancouver) and ...
9: While native communities have surrounded the Strait for thousands of years, the first European to exp...
11: ...an]]) and the mainland are separated from Georgia Strait itself by islands, or are far enough south to be ...

Peril Strait (347 bytes)
1: ... [[Salisbury Sound]] on the east to the [[Chatham Strait]] on the west.

Tsugaru Strait (421 bytes)
1: '''Tsugaru Strait''' (津軽海峡 Tsugaru Kaik...
5: [[Category:Straits]]

Menai Strait (4229 bytes)
1: The '''Menai Strait''' (in [[Welsh language|Welsh]] '''''Afon Menai''...
3: ...places - the main [[A5 road]] is carried over the strait by [[Thomas Telford]]'s elegant iron [[Menai Susp...
5: ...and_Nelson_memorial_3.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Menai Strait west of [[Britannia Bridge]] showing memorial to ...
7: ...d banks that make up Caernarfon bar. Entering the strait at the south western end shipping has to pass [[F...
9: ...il, after a few hours, it starts to flow into the strait in a south-easterley direction from [[Beaumaris]]...

Strait of Canso (831 bytes)
1: ... of Canso''' (also '''Gut of Canso''' or '''Canso Strait'''), is located in northeastern [[North America]]...
3: ...|Mulgrave]] on the western side, both ports. The strait is crossed by the [[Canso Causeway]], although sh...
6: [[Category:Straits|Canso, Strait of]]

Strait of Magellan (1986 bytes)
1: ...ge:StraitofMagellan.JPG|thumbnail|170px|right|The Strait of Magellan, near Punta Arenas]]
2: ... del Fuego]], and [[Cape Horn]] to the south, the strait is arguably the most important natural passage be...
4: ...ellan]] became the first European to navigate the strait in 1520, during his global circumnavigation voyag...
6: ...ignty it remains to this day. On the coast of the Strait lies the city of [[Punta Arenas, Chile |Punta Are...
8: ...ait_of_magellan_dawn.jpg|thumbnail|170px|left|The Strait of Magellan at dawn]]

Strait of Anián (592 bytes)
1: ...t a continent but a large [[archipelago]]. Such a strait does not in fact, exist, although the Northwest P...

Surigao Strait (502 bytes)
1: ...[[Mindanao]] and [[Leyte (island)|Leyte]]. This [[strait]] connects the [[Bohol Sea]] with [[Leyte Gulf]] ...
3: The [[Battle of Surigao Strait]] took place here on [[October 25]], [[1944]].

Korea Strait (1202 bytes)
1: ...hima Strait]]'', and the West Channel the ''Korea Strait''.
3: ... [[Sea of Okhotsk]] near [[Sakhalin]]. The Korean Strait was the location where in [[1905]], during the [[...

Torres Strait (3324 bytes)
1: The '''Torres Strait''' is the body of water which lies between [[Aust...
3: ...Torres Strait Islands, one of them being [[Torres Strait Creole]].
5: The strait was first navigated by [[Luis Vaez de Torres]], a...
7: ...voyage in [[Manila]], and it was he who named the strait after Torres.
9: ...omplete Australian control over the waters of the strait.

Strait Out of the Box (2765 bytes)
1: ...d, but were outtakes until 1995. It also contains Strait's three songs recorded in the 1970's for indie la...

Palk Strait (1252 bytes)
1: ...d]] (Sri Lanka) is found at its southern end. The strait's treacherous waters are usually avoided by most ...
3: Like the [[English Channel]], the Palk Strait has been taken up as a challenge by many [[long-d...
10: [[Category:Straits]]

Tsushima Strait (995 bytes)
1: ...parates the strait into the West Channel ([[Korea Strait]]), between Tsushima Island and Korea, and the Ea...
3: ... transmitted from [[Korea]] to Japan through this strait. The Mongolian invasion of Japan crossed this sea...
5: [[Category:Straits]]

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