List of straits

This List of straits is an appendix to the article "strait".

"See also:"

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
* Banks Strait - between Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania
* 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 (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
* Dolphin and Union Strait - between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island
* Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - (English Channel)
* 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

F

* Falkland Sound, - between West Falkland and East Falkland
* 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

* 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

* Harlem River - between Manhattan and The Bronx
* 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
* 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

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
* The Straits of Niagara (East and West) - between the Great Lake Erie and the Great Lake Ontario / and Ontario, CA and New York State, USA
* 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

* 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