List of straits explained

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.

A

• Agate Pass – between Port Madison and mainland Kitsap County in Puget Sound
• Agattu Strait – between Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians
• Akashi Strait – between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Awaji
• Alas Strait – between Lombok and Sumbawa in Indonesia
• Alor Strait – Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
• Amchitka Pass – between the Rat Islands group to the west and the Delarof Islands to the east within the Alaskan Aleutians
• Anegada Passage – between the Virgin Islands and Anguilla
• Anguilla Channel – between Anguilla and Saint Martin
• Arthur Kill – between Staten Island and New Jersey
• Augusta's Strait – a.k.a. Dampier Strait (Indonesia), between the Raja Ampat islands of Waigeo and Batanta, within the Indonesian province of West Papua

B

• Bab-el-Mandeb – connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea
• Bab Iskender – between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti in Africa
• Balabac Strait – between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo
• Bali Strait – between the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali
• Strait of Baltiysk – between Vistula Bay and Gdańsk Bay
• Bangka Strait – between Sumatra and Bangka Island (also: Banca, Banka)
• Banks Strait – between Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania
• Bashi Channel – between Mavudis (also called Y'Ami Island), Philippines and Orchid Island, Taiwan
• Basilan Strait - between Mindanao, Philippines and Basilan, Philippines.
• Bass Strait – between mainland Australia and Tasmania
• Beagle Channel – Tierra del Fuego
• Strait of Belle Isle – between Newfoundland and mainland Canada
• Bering Strait – between Asia and North America
• Boca Chica Pass – an historical strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre
• Bohai Strait – between Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea
• Bohol Strait – a.k.a. Cebu Strait
• Strait of Bonifacio – between Corsica and Sardinia
• Bosporus – between Europe and Asia
• Bougainville Strait (Indonesia) – between Waigeo and the Kawe Islands^[1]
• Bougainville Strait (Solomon Islands) – between Bougainville Island and Choiseul Island
• Boundary Pass – between British Columbia and Washington state
• Bransfield Strait – between South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula
• Bungo Channel – between Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan
• Burias Pass - between Bicol Peninsula and Burias Island

C

• Cabot Strait – between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island
• Caicos Passage – between Turks and Caicos Islands and the Bahamas
• Strait of Canso – between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia
• Carquinez Strait – connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California
• Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) – between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines
• Chatham Strait – between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska
• Chios Strait – between Turkey and the Greek island Chios
• Clarence Strait – between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska
• Coco Channel – between the Burmese Coco Islands and the Indian North Andaman Island
• Colvos Passage – Puget Sound
• Cook Strait – between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand
• Straits of Corfu – between the Greek island Corfu and mainland Greece/Albania
• Cozumel Channel – between Cozumel Island and the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
• Cross Sound – between Chichagof Island to its south and the mainland to its north, of Alaska
• Cumberland Sound – between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula, in Canada

D

• Dalcahue Channel – between Quinchao Island and Chiloé Island
• Dalco Passage – Puget Sound
• Dampier Strait (Indonesia) – between Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands
• Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) – between New Britain and Umboi Island
• Danish straits – collectively refers to the Danish straits Oresund, Fehmarn Belt, Little Belt and Great Belt 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
• La Désirade Passage – Guadeloupe
• Detroit River – between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA (The word "détroit" is French for "strait")
• Dixon Entrance – between Alaska and British Columbia
• Dolphin and Union Strait – between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island
• Dominica Passage – between Dominica and Guadeloupe
• Strait of Dover – the narrowest part of the English Channel between Great Britain and France
• Dragon's Mouths (Bocas del Dragón) – between Trinidad and Venezuela
• Drake Passage – between South America and Antarctica

E

• East River – between Manhattan, the Bronx and Long Island
• Eastern Channel – between Korean Peninsula and the Iki Island
• English Channel – between Great Britain and France
• Euripus Strait – between the Island of Euboea and the Greek mainland on the Aegean

F

• Falkland Sound – between West Falkland and East Falkland
• Fehmarn Belt – between the German island Fehmarn and the Danish island Lolland
• Fehmarn Sound – between German island Fehmarn and the German mainland
• Fisher Strait – between Southampton Island (to the north-west) from Coats Island (to the south-east)
• Straits of Florida – between Florida and Cuba
• Formosa Strait – between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland
• Foveaux Strait – between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand
• Foxe Channel – between the Foxe Basin (to the north) from Hudson Bay and the Hudson Strait (to the south) of Canada
• Freeman Strait – between Barentsøya and Edgeøya in Svalbard, Norway
• Frozen Strait – between the Melville Peninsula to the north and Southampton Island to the south, in Canada
• Fury and Hecla Strait – between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula

G

• Galowa Strait – a.k.a. Sele Strait
• Strait of Georgia – between Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia, Canada
• Strait of Gibraltar – between Europe and Africa
• Golden Gate Strait – between Marin County, California and San Francisco – entrance to San Francisco Bay
• Great Belt – between the islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark
• Guadeloupe Passage – north of Guadeloupe, West Indies
• Gulf of Corryvreckan - between the Scottish islands of Jura and Scarba
• Gulf of Mannar – between India and Sri Lanka
• Gulf Trough (a.k.a. Suwannee Strait) – (prehistoric)

H

• Hall Basin – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
• Harlem River – between Manhattan and The Bronx
• Haro Straits – series of straits between British Columbia and Washington state
• Hecate Strait – between Haida Gwaii and British Columbia
• Honguedo Strait – between Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec
• Strait of Hormuz – between Oman and Iran
• Hōyo Strait – between Kyūshū and Shikoku in Japan
• Hudson Strait – between Baffin Island and Quebec

I

• Indispensable Strait – between Guadalcanal and Malaita in the Solomon Islands
• Irbe Strait – between Latvia and the island of Saaremaa in Estonia

J

• Jamaica Channel – between Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean
• Jildo Strait – somewhere around Waigeo^[2] (same as Jailolo Strait?^[3])
• Johor Strait or Strait of Johor – between Singapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia
• Jones Sound – between the Canadian islands of Devon Island and the southern end of Ellesmere Island
• Strait of Juan de Fuca – between Vancouver Island, Canada and Olympic Peninsula, United States

K

• Kalmar Strait – between Öland and Småland
• Kane Basin – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
• Kanmon Strait – between Honshū and Kyūshū
• Kara Strait – between Novaya Zemlya and Vaygach Island in Russia
• Karimata Strait – between Sumatra and Borneo
• Kattegat – between Danish Jutland and Swedish Halland and neighboring provinces.
• Kerch Strait – between Crimea and Russia
• Kildin Strait – between Kildin Island and Kola Peninsula in Russia
• Kill Van Kull – between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey
• Kitan Strait – between Awaji Island and the island Honshū in Japan
• Korea Strait – between Korea and Japan
• Gulf of Kuşadası – between Turkey and the Greek island Samos
• Kvarken – between Sweden and Finland
• Kwangtung Strait

L

• Lancaster Sound – between Canadian islands of Devon and Baffin
• Langeland's Belt – between Danish islands of Langeland and Lolland
• Lembeh Strait – between Sulawesi and Lembeh island in Indonesia
• Little Belt – between the island Funen and mainland Denmark
• Lombok Strait – between Bali and Lombok in Indonesia
• Luzon Strait – between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines

M

• Straits of Mackinac – between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron / and between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas
• Main Channel – between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay / and between Ontario's Manitoulin Island and the Bruce Peninsula
• Strait of Magellan – between South America and Tierra del Fuego
• Makassar Strait – between Borneo and Sulawesi
• Malacca Strait or Strait of Malacca – between Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra
• Maliku Kandu – Maldives
• Malta Channel – between Malta and Sicily
• Mare Island Strait – between Mare Island and mainland Solano County in California
• Marie-Galante Passage – Guadeloupe
• Martinique Channel – between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
• Maqueda Channel - between Luzon and Catanduanes, Philippines
• Martinique Passage – between Dominica and Martinique
• McClintock Strait between the Canadian islands of Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island
• McClure Strait – Melville Island and Banks Island
• Menai Strait – between Anglesey and mainland Wales
• Strait of Messina – between Sicily and mainland Italy
• The Minch – between Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland
• 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
• Mytilini Strait – between Turkey and the Greek island Lesbos

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 – 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

O

• 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

P

• 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

Q

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

R

• 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

S

• Sagewin Strait – a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)
• Saint-Barthélemy Channel – between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
• St. Clair River – between Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair / and 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
• 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 – 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 – between Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Skagerrak – separating Denmark from Norway and Sweden
• Smith Sound – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
• The Solent – between the Isle of Wight and southern Great Britain
• The Sound or Øresund – between Denmark and Sweden
• South Kvarken – between the Finnish Åland and Sweden
• Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait – dividing Sakhalin (Karafuto) from Hokkaidō
• 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
• Svinesund – between Norway and Sweden
• The Swale – between the Isle of Sheppey and southern Great Britain

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 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

V

• Viscount Melville Sound – between the Canadian islands of Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island and the Queen Elizabeth Islands
• Vitiaz Strait – between New Guinea and Long Island

W

• Wantsum Channel – former channel between the Isle of Thanet and the mainland of southern England; now drained, and Thanet now only separated from the mainland by the River Wantsum, a minor drainage channel
• Wetar Strait – between Timor and the Indonesian island of Wetar
• Windward Passage – between Cuba and Hispaniola

Y

• Yucatán Channel – between Mexico and Cuba

See also

• Intercontinental and transoceanic fixed links
• Floating suspension bridge

Notes and References

1. Web site: Selat Bougainville, Indonesia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates. 2021-06-12. geographic.org.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=WS4dAQAAIAAJ&q=jildo+strait Revue hydrographique, vols. 19–21, International Hydrographic Bureau, 1942
3. Web site: Selat Jailolo, Indonesia - Geographical Names, map, geographic coordinates .