| Tigres Strait | |
| Pushpin Map: | Angola |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Angola |
| Coords: | -16.6333°N 57°W |
| Oceans: | Atlantic Ocean |
| Countries: | Angola |
| Length: | 35km (22miles) |
| Width: | 9km (06miles) |
| Islands: | Tigres Island |
| Reference: | [1] |
The Tigres Strait, formerly known as Tigres Bay or Great Fish Bay, is a strait in Angola, located in Namibe Province, serving as a separation between the Angolan mainland and the Tigres Island.[2] [3]
It once had a small peninsula on its eastern side, with its isthmus in the south and a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: São Martinho dos Tigres). The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula in 1962 and the water line was severed.[4] Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola.[5]
Currently, most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay, only a small inlet open to the north —the Saco dos Tigres— remains at the southern end.[6]