List of straits

This is a companion article to strait that contains an alphabetical list of straits in the world.

Agattu Strait - Aleutians

Amchitka Pass - Aleutians

Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla

Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Indian Ocean

Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo

Bass Strait- between Australia and Tasmania

Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada

Bering Strait - between Siberia and Alaska

Bohol Strait - between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines

Strait of Bonifacio - between Corsica and Sardinia

Bosporus - between Europe and Asia

Cabot Strait - between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island

Chatham Strait - between Chichago Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska

Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska

Cook Strait - between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand

Dampier Strait - west end of New Guinea

Dardanelles - between Europe and Asia

Davis Strait - between Baffin Island and Greenland

Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - English Channel)

Drake Passage - between South America and Antarctica

English Channel -between England and France

Straits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba

Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, Canada

Strait of Georgia - between Vancouver Island and British Columbia

Strait of Gibraltar - between Europe and Africa

Great Belt - Denmark

Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, West Indies

Hecate Strait - between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia

Honguedo Strait - between Anticosti Island and Gasp� Peninsula in Quebec

Strait of Hormuz - between Arabia and Iran

Hudson Strait - between Baffin Island and Quebec

Jacques Cartier Strait - between Anticosti Island and the Labrador Peninsula in Quebec

Jones Strait

Strait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island and Washington

Kalmar Strait - between �land and Sm�land

Kanmon Strait - between Honshu and Kyushu

Kara Strait

Karimata Strait - between Sumatra and Borneo

Kerch Strait - between Crimea and Russia

Korea Strait - between Korea and Japan

Kwangtung Strait

La Perouse Strait (also Soya Strait) - between Sakhalin and Japan

Lancaster Strait

Little Belt - Denmark

Lombok Strait

Luzon Strait - between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines

Straits of Mackinac - between northern and southern Michigan

Strait of Magellan - connects Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

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

Mindoro Strait - between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines

Canal de la Mona - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico

Oresund - between Denmark and Sweden

Strait of Otranto - between Italy and Albania

Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka

Pease Strait

Pilawa straits - between Gdansk Bay and Vistula Bay, Baltic sea

Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and mainland China

San Bernardino Strait - between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines

San Juanico Strait - between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines

Serpents Mouth - between Trinidad and Venezuela

Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island

Shimonoseki Strait

Strait of Sicily - between Sicily and Africa

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

Tablas Strait - between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines

Strait of Taiwan - 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 Hokkaido and Honshu

Tsushima Channel

Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and New Britain

Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola

Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba