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This 'List of straits' is an appendix to the article ''strait''.
''See also:''

Contents

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

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O

P

Q

R

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Y

A

★ Agate Pass - Puget Sound

★ Agattu Strait - Aleutians

★ Akashi Strait - Japan

★ Amchitka Pass - Aleutians

★ Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla

★ Arthur Kill - Staten Island and New Jersey

B

★ Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea

★ Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo

★ Strait of Baltiysk - between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay

★ Bangka Strait - between Sumatra and Bangka Island

★ Bass Strait - between mainland Australia and Tasmania

★ Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada

★ Bering Strait - between Asia and North America

★ Bransfield Strait - between South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula

★ 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

★ Carquinez Strait - connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California

★ Chatham Strait - between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska

★ Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska

★ Colvos Passage - Puget Sound

★ Cook Strait - between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand

D

★ Dalco Passage - Puget Sound

★ Dampier Strait - 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

★ Detroit River - between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie

★ Dolphin and Union Strait - between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island

★ Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - (English Channel)

★ Dragon's Mouth (Boca 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

F

★ Falkland Sound, - between West Falkland and East Falkland

★ Straits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba

★ Foveaux Strait - between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand

★ Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula,

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

★ Hōyo Strait - Japan

★ Hudson Strait - between Baffin Island and Quebec

J

★ Johor Strait - 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

★ Kanmon Strait - between Honshū and Kyūshū

★ Kara Strait

★ Karimata Strait - between Sumatra and Borneo

★ Kerch Strait - between Crimea and Russia

★ Kill Van Kull - between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey

★ 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 Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas

★ 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

★ Mona Passage - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

★ Myeongnyang Strait - between Jindo Island and mainland South Korea

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

★ North Channel - between Northern Ireland and Scotland

★ 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

★ Pertuis d'Antioche - on the Atlantic coast of Western France

★ Pickering Passage - Puget Sound

★ Port Washington Narrows - Puget Sound

★ Porte des Morts - between the Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan

★ Panama - Between North America and South America (Panama Canal)

Q

★ Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong

R

★ Rich Passage - Puget Sound

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

★ Skagerrak between Denmark, Norway and Sweden

★ Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island

★ Shimonoseki Strait

★ Strait of Dover - part of the English Channel between Great Britain and France

★ Strait of Sicily - between Sicily and Africa

★ Singapore Strait - between Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra)

★ 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

★ 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 Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia

★ Torres Strait - between New Guinea and Australia

★ Tsugaru Strait - between Hokkaidō and Honshū

★ Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and Korean Peninsula

★ Soya Strait -

V

★ Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and Long Island

W

★ Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola

Y

★ Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba