- Matha Strait
Matha Strait is a strait lying between Adelaide Island and the south end of the Biscoe Islands . The strait takes its name from Matha Bay , the name originally applied by Charcot, leader of the French Antarctic Expedition , 1908 10, to the water feature as he conceived it. The British Graham Land Expedition BGLE under Rymill, 1934 37, recognizing that it is really a strait rather than a bay , changed the name to Matha Strait. Named for Lieutenant A. Matha , second in command of the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903 05, under Charcot. usgs gazetteer coord 66 34 S 67 30 W display title Category Straits of the Biscoe Islands Category Straits of Adelaide Island AdelaideIsland geo stub Biscoes geo stub ... more details
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- Stefansson Strait
Stefansson Strait coord 69 26 S 62 25 W is an ice filled strait 35 nautical miles 60 km long and 3 to 10 nautical miles 18 km wide, between the east coast of Palmer Land and Hearst Island . This strait was first sighted by Sir Hubert Wilkins at the south end of his flight of December 20, 1928, and was named by him for Vilhjalmur Stefansson . He believed it to be a strait cutting off what is now known to be Antarctic Peninsula from the main land mass of Antarctica. The true orientation of the strait was determined by members of the United States Antarctic Service USAS who charted this coast by land and from the air in 1940. usgs gazetteer Category Straits of Antarctica Category Landforms of Palmer Land PalmerLand geo stub ... more details
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- Kellett Strait
The Kellett Strait coord 75 45 N 117 30 W region CA type waterbody display inline,title is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Northwest Territories of Canada . It separates Eglinton Island to the west and Melville Island Canada Melville Island to the east . It opens into the McClure Strait to the south, and the Fitzwilliam Strait to the north. Northwest Territories hydrography Category Straits of the Northwest Territories NorthwestTerritories geo stub pt Estreito de Kellett ... more details
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- Penny Strait
The Penny Strait coord 76 30 N 097 00 W region CA NU type waterbody display inline,title name Penny Strait is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut . It separates Bathurst Island Canada Bathurst Island to the south west from Devon Island to the east . To the south and south east, the strait opens into Queens Channel . Straits of Nunavut Category Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub pt Estreito de Penny ... more details
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- Fisher Strait
Fisher Strait coord 63 N 084 W region CA type waterbody display inline,title name Fisher Strait is a natural waterway through the central Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut . It separates Southampton Island to the north west from Coats Island to the south east . To the south west the strait opens into Hudson Bay . Straits of Nunavut Category Straits of Kivalliq Region KivalliqNU geo stub es Estrecho de Fisher uk ... more details
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- Gilbert Strait
Orphan date February 2009 Gilbert Strait coord 63 38 S 60 16 W is a strait between Trinity Island and Tower Island in the Palmer Archipelago . Named by a British expedition 1828 31, under Foster, for Davies Gilbert , President of the Royal Society , 1827 30, and of the committee which formulated the objectives of the expedition. The strait was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition , 1901 04, under Nordenskjold . ref gnis type antarid 5675 ref References reflist Category Straits of the Palmer Archipelago PalmerArchipelago geo stub ... more details
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- Krusenstern Strait
Krusenstern Strait lang ru is a strait, located at coord 48 23 37 N 153 33 41 E , separating the islands of Raikoke and Lovushki Rocks in the Kuril Islands , Russia . This strait was named after Russian admiral and explorer Adam Johann von Krusenstern . Category Straits of the Kuril Islands SakhalinOblast geo stub bg de Krusenstern Stra e et Krusensterni v in ru zh ... more details
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- Kildin Strait
File .jpg thumb Kildin Strait from space Kildin Strait lang ru is a strait, located at coord 69 18 20 N 34 09 40 E , separating island Kildin and Kola Peninsula , Russia . Category Straits of Russia Category Geography of Murmansk Oblast MurmanskOblast geo stub nl Straat Kildin ru zh ... more details
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- Arnott Strait
Arnott Strait is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , Canada . It separates Cameron Island to the north from le Vanier to the south . To the west, the strait opens into the Byam Martin Channel . coord 76 18 N 103 34 W region CA NU type waterbody display title name Arnott Strait Straits of Nunavut Category Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
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- Pearse Strait
Pearse Strait is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , Canada . It separates le Vanier to the north from Massey Island to the south . To the west, the strait opens into the Byam Martin Channel , and to the east it opens into the Erskine Inlet . coord 76 2 30 N 103 11 0 W region CA NU type waterbody display title name Pearse Strait Straits of Nunavut Category Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
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- Boyer Strait
Boyer Strait is a waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut , Canada . It separates Massey Island to the north from Alexander Island Nunavut Alexander Island to the south . le Marc is located at the western end of the strait, beyond which it opens into the Byam Martin Channel . To the east it opens into the Erskine Inlet . coord 75 55 N 103 0 W region CA NU type waterbody display title name Boyer Strait Straits of Nunavut Category Straits of Qikiqtaaluk Region QikiqtaalukNU geo stub ... more details
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- Mycale Strait
File Mount Mycale and Mycale Strait.jpg thumb right 150px The Mycale Strait. The Mycale Strait lang el is a narrow strait separating the island of Samos from Anatolia Turkey . At its narrowest point it is only 1.6 km wide, the narrowest between any Aegean island and Turkey. It is named after the nearby Mount Mycale on the mainland. Greece geo stub Turkey geo stub coord missing Turkey Category Straits of Greece Category Straits of Turkey Category Aegean Sea ... more details
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- Ikaasaartik Strait
Location map Greenland lat dir N lat deg 65 lat min 34 lat sec 10 lon dir W lon deg 37 lon min 03 lon min 00 width 300 caption Location within Greenland label Ikaasaartik Strait Ikaasaartik Strait old spelling Ik s rtik is a strait in the Sermersooq municipality, on the southeastern coast of Greenland . Geography File Ikaasaartik strait icefloes aerial.jpg thumb 200px left Lead sea ice Leads and Sea ice icefloes in the mouth of the strait, at the frozen confluence with the open North Atlantic. File Ikaasaartik strait aerial.jpg thumb 300px right Aerial view of Ikaasaartik Strait The strait separates Kulusuk Island in the southwest from Apusiaajik Island in the northeast. The strait waterway connects the Torsuut Tunoq sound in the northwest with the North Atlantic in the southeast. ref name saga Tasiilaq, Saga Map, Tage Schj tt, 1992 ref Air Iceland STOL aircraft approach Kulusuk Airport on the way from Nerlerit Inaat Airport Nerlerit Inaat and Reykjav k Airport Reykjav k flying directly over the southern end of Apusiaajik Island and then over the Ikaasaartik Strait, in an air canyon between the Qalorujoorneq ridge on Kulusuk Island, and the Kangaartik and Iperajivit summits on Apusiaajik Island. ref name saga During winter pack ice and small iceberg s pushed forth by the East Greenland Current ram against the northeastern coast, blocking the narrow strait and facilitating the freeze of the much wider Torsuut Tunoq sound. References commonscat Ikaasaartik Strait reflist coord 65 34 10 N 37 03 00 W scale 250000 display title Category Straits of Greenland ... more details
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- Stewart Strait
Stewart Strait coor dm 54 0 S 38 6 W is a strait 2 nautical miles 3.7 km wide between Bird Island, South Georgia Bird Island and the Willis Islands , off the west end of South Georgia . The strait was navigated and charted by Captain James Cook in 1775 later called Willis Sound by sealers and whalers recharted by DI in 1930 and named after Walter Stuart , Customs Officer in South Georgia at that time. usgs gazetteer Category Straits of Antarctica SouthGeorgia geo stub ... more details
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- Kista Strait
Kista Strait coor dm 67 35 S 62 51 E is a strait between the Flat Islands and Jocelyn Islands in Holme Bay , Mac. Robertson Land . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition , 1936 37. The strait was first navigated by the site on which ANARE Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions established Mawson Station . usgs gazetteer Category Straits of Antarctica Category Landforms of Mac. Robertson Land MacRobertsonLand geo stub ... more details
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- Cebu Strait
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 File Cebu Strait.JPG thumb right 250px Cebu Strait with Cebu Island in the background. Cebu Strait , sometimes called Bohol Strait , is a strait in the Philippines that separates the island Provinces of the Philippines provinces of Cebu and Bohol . The Cebu Strait connects the western part of Bohol Sea with Camotes Sea , and is a major sea lane connecting Cebu City on its northern end with port cities in the south such as Dumaguete City and Cagayan de Oro City . Mactan Island , on the northern end of the same strait has the Mactan International Airport , one of the major airports in the country. Coord 9 50 N 123 40 E display title Category Straits of the Philippines Philippines geo stub de Stra e von Cebu nl Straat Cebu ja ... more details
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- Kuril Strait
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date February 2009 First Kuril Strait Lang ru , Lang ja , Shumushu Strait also known as just Kuril Strait is a strait, located at Coord 50.8355556 N 156.5847222 E , separating the Shumshu Island of the Kuril Islands from the Cape Lopatka , Kamchatka Peninsula . See also Second Kuril Strait Fourth Kuril Strait Category Straits of the Kuril Islands Category Shumshu Category Kamchatka KamchatkaKrai geo stub SakhalinOblast geo stub bg de Kurilenstra e et Esimene Kuriili v in ko nl Straat Koerilen ja no Kurilsundet nn Kurilsundet ru zh ... more details
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- Sape Strait
The Sape Strait Indonesian Selat Sape also Sapie Strait ref Goodall, George Editor 1943 Philips International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map East Indies pp.91 92 for the pre Independence spelling ref is a strait connecting the Flores Sea to the Sumba Strait . It separates the islands of Sumbawa and Komodo island Komodo . It joins the Indondesian provinces of West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara . The Sape Strait is known for rough seas and strong currents, as well as spectacular marine life. This is mentioned in guidebooks for the area as well as diving web pages such as ref http www.starfish.ch dive print Komodo print.html ref . Islands in the Strait include administratively part of Sumbawa The volcanic island of Sangeang , Banta Island , Matagate Island administratively part of Flores Komodo Island , Rinca Island Notes Reflist Coord 8 39 0 S 119 18 0 E region ID type waterbody display title Category Straits of Indonesia id Selat Sape it Stretto di Sape nl Straat Sape pl Cie nina Sape ... more details
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- Akornat Strait
Location map Greenland lat dir N lat deg 72 lat min 42 lat sec 00 lon dir W lon deg 54 lon min 40 lon sec 00 width 300 caption Location within Greenland label Akornat Strait File Akornat strait.jpg thumb 200px left Aerial view of Akornat Strait Akornat Strait lang da Sortenhul is a strait in the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland . It separates Qaarsorsuaq Island in the northwest from Nutaarmiut Island in the southeast. ref name saga Upernavik, Saga Map, Tage Schj tt, 1992 ref The strait waterway opens into Baffin Bay in the southwest, and into the inner waterways of the archipelago in the northeast. References commonscat Akornat Strait reflist Upernavik Archipelago coord 72 42 N 55 40 W scale 500000 display title Category Straits of Greenland Category Upernavik Archipelago Greenland geo stub ... more details
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- Icy Strait
Image Landsat GlacierBay 01aug99.jpg thumb right Silted meltwater from the Brady Glacier discolours the shallow waters of Icy Strait The Icy Strait is a strait in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska , at about coord 58 16 41 N 135 38 48 W scale 1000000 display inline,title . The strait separates Chichagof Island to the south and the Alaska mainland to the north. The strait is convert 64 km mi abbr on from its west side at the intersection of the Cross Sound and Glacier Bay to its east side at Chatham Strait and the Lynn Canal . The two largest islands in the strait are Pleasant Island Alaska Pleasant Island and Lemesurier Island . The Cape Spencer Light is an important former lighthouse and currently active aid to navigation. The cruise ship Empress of the North ran aground near Rocky Island ref http en.wikinews.org wiki Alaskan cruise ship evacuated ref and took on some water here on May 14, 2007, causing the evacuation of its passengers. None were injured. References Reflist Category Straits of Alaska Category Landforms of Haines Borough, Alaska Category Landforms of Hoonah Angoon Census Area, Alaska de Icy Strait ... more details
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- Steffen Strait
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Steffen Strait is a strait near Selapiu Island , generally between New Hanover Island New Hanover and New Ireland island New Ireland , at Coord 2 40 S 150 37 E display inline,title . Category Straits of Papua New Guinea PapuaNewGuinea geo stub ... more details
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- Mytilini Strait
The Mytilini Strait is a strait in the Aegean Sea that separates the Greece Greek island of Lesbos from Turkey . coord 39.2 N 26.6 E display title Category Straits of Greece Category Straits of Turkey Category International straits Category Greece Turkey border Greece geo stub Turkey geo stub ... more details
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- Ammarqua Strait
Location map Greenland lat dir N lat deg 72 lat min 37 lon dir W lon deg 55 lon min 17 width 300 caption Location within Greenland label Ammarqua Strait Ammarqua Strait old spelling Angmarqua is a strait in the southern part of the Upernavik Archipelago in the Qaasuitsup municipality in northwestern Greenland . Geography File Ammarqua strait.jpg thumb 200px left Aerial view of Ammarqua Strait The strait separates Nutaarmiut Island from four large islands in the east, Uilortussoq Island and Saninngassoq Island in the north Nako Island and and Akuliaruseq Island in the south. ref name saga Upernavik, Saga Map, 1 250.000, Tage Schj tt, 1992 ref The Eqalugaarsuit Suulluat Fjord opens into Ammarqua Strait immediately to the east of the southern cape, to the north of Kangeq Peninsula off the mainland of Greenland. At the southern mouth of the strait at the confluence with Baffin Bay are two islands the Ineraq Island and the double Singarnaq Annertussoq Island, as well as smaller Skerry skerries . ref name saga References commonscat Ammarqua Strait reflist Upernavik Archipelago coord 72 37 N 55 17 W scale 500000 display title Category Straits of Greenland Category Upernavik Archipelago ... more details
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- Somosomo Strait
The Somosomo Strait is the strait that separates Taveuni island and Vanua Levu in Fiji . It is known for its soft coral and is a popular diving location. ref http www.scubadiving.com travel fiji fiji living color?page ,0 Buck Butler, Fiji In Living Color , Scuba Diving magazine, June 2007. ref References reflist Category Geography of Fiji ... more details
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- Assorput Strait
File Sketchmap greenland assorput.svg thumb 300px right Location of Assorput Strait within the Uummannaq Fjord region Assorput Strait old spelling Agssorput is a strait in the Uummannaq Fjord system in northwestern Greenland . It separates Uummannaq Island in the west from Salliaruseq Island in the east. ref name saga Nuussuaq, Saga Map, Tage Schj tt, 1992 ref The strait waterway connects inner Sarqarput Strait in the southern arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the south with the central arm of Uummannaq Fjord in the north. Transport File Salliaruseq from nuussuatsiaq.jpg thumb 300px right Assorput Strait and Salliaruseq Island from the west Air On the way from Qaarsut Airport on Nuussuaq Peninsula , the helicopters of Air Greenland approach the Uummannaq Heliport located on the western shore of the strait alongside the western wall of Salliaruseq, first converging to the island, to then turn 90 degrees to the west due to winds in the Assorput Strait. Sea The Uummannaq port occupies a small inlet of Assorput Strait in the southeastern end of the Uummannaq Island. It is not deep enough to service large cruise ships, but sufficiently deep to handle supply and fishing ships of Royal Arctic Line and Royal Greenland , as well as motorboats and lesser fishing boats. ref cite book last O Carroll first Etain title Greenland and the Arctic publisher Lonely Planet pages 191 193 year 2005 isbn 1 74059 095 3 ref There are several small bays between the port and Nuussuatsiaq promontory, in the vicinity of the heliport. ref name saga Photographs gallery File Uummannaq Salliaruseq.jpg The port in Uummannaq town File Salliaruseq.jpg Salliaruseq Island and Assorput Strait File Hurtigruten fram uummannaq.jpg MS Fram M S Fram of Hurtigruten cannot be serviced directly by Uummannaq port due to the shallowness of the port inlet ref http hurtigruten.co.uk Greenland Cruises Voyages Cruises in Greenland ... landing.jpg Air Greenland Bell 212 approaches Uummannaq Heliport over Assorput Strait gallery ... more details
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