List of Straits from the World General Knowledge

The list of Straits from over the world

A

·         Agate Pass - Puget Sound

·         Agattu Strait - Aleutians

·         Akashi Strait - Japan

·         Alas Strait - between Lombok and Sumbawa in Indonesia

·         Alor Strait - Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia

·         Amchitka Pass - 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)

B

·         Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to 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 Gdansk 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

·         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

·         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

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

D

·         Dalcahue Channel - between Quinchao Island and Chiloé Island

·         Dalco Passage - Puget Sound

·         Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) - between New Britain and Umboi Island

·         Dampier Strait (Indonesia) - between Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands

·         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

·         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

·         English Channel - between Great Britain and France

·         Euripus Strait - Between the Island of Euboea and Greece mainland on the Aegean

F

·         Falkland Sound - between West Falkland and East Falkland

·         Fehmarn Sound - between German island Fehmarn and the German mainland

·         Fehmarn Belt - between the German island Fehmarn and the Danish island Lolland

·         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

·         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, CA and San Francisco, CA - entrance to San Francisco Bay

·         Great Belt - between the islands of Zealand and Funen in Denmark

·         Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, West Indies

·         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

·         Irbe Strait - between Latvia and the island of Saaremaa in Estonia

J

·         Jamaica Channel - between Jamaica and Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea

·         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

·         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

·         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

·         La Désirade Passage - Guadeloupe

·         La Pérouse Strait (also Soya Strait) - between Sakhalin and Japan

·         Langeland's Belt - between Danish islands of Langeland and Lolland

·         Les Saintes Passage - Guadeloupe

·         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 Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas

·         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 - California

·         Marie-Galante Passage - Guadeloupe

·         Martinique Channel - between Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada

·         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

·         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

·         Nicholas Channel - between Cuba and the Bahamas

·         North Channel - between Northern Ireland and Scotland

·         Northumberland Strait - between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia

·         Niagara Strait or Straits of Niagara - between Lake Erie and the Lake Ontario / and the Province of Ontario, Canada, and the State of New York, USA

O

·         Old Bahama Channel - between Cuba and the Bahamas

·         Øresund - between Danish Zealand and Swedish Scania

·         Ombai Strait - Alor Archipelago, Indonesia

·         Strait of Otranto - between Italy and Albania

P

·         Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka

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

·         Pearse Canal - between Alaska and islands of British Columbia

·         Pentland Firth - between the Orkney archipelago and the mainland of Scotland

·         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

·         Port Washington Narrows - Puget Sound

·         Porte des Morts - between Green Bay and Lake Michigan

Q

·         Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong

R

·         Revenges Strait - a.k.a. Sele Strait

·         Rich Passage - Puget Sound

·         Robeson Channel - between Ellesmere Island and Greenland

S

·         Sagewin Strait - a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)

·         Saint-Barthélemy Channel - between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin

·         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

·         Saint Vincent Passage - between Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia

·         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 del Serpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela

·         Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island

·         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 Islands and Sweden

·         Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait is a strait dividing Sakhalin (Karafuto) from Hokkaidō

·         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

·         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

·         Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and the Korean Peninsula

·         Turkish Straits - collectively refers to the Turkish straits the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles

V

·         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

·         Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba