Name↕ | Strait↕ | Location↕ | Depth (meters)↕ | Min. width (meters)↕ | Max. width (meters)↕ | Known crossings↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agate Pass | Agate Pass | Part of Puget Sound. Separates Bainbridge Island from the mainland of the Kitsap Peninsula near Suquamish | 6.1 | 91 | 375 | Agate Pass Bridge |
Agattu Strait | Agattu Strait | Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians | - | - | - | - |
Akashi Strait | Akashi Strait | Connects Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay.Separates Honshu from Awaji Island, Japan | 110 | - | 4,000 | Akashi Kaikyo Bridge |
Alas Strait | Alas Strait | Separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two islands of Indonesia | - | - | - | - |
Alor Strait | Alor Strait | Divides the Solor Archipelago from the Alor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. | - | - | - | - |
Amchitka Pass | Amchitka Pass | It is the largest pass in the Aleutian Islands Alaskan | 1,800 | - | 80,000 | - |
Anegada Passage | Anegada Passage | In the Caribbean Sea. Separates the Virgin Islands and Anguilla | 2,300 | - | 127,000 | - |
Anguilla Channel | Anguilla Channel | In the Caribbean Sea. Separates Anguilla and Saint Martin | - | - | - | Ferry service from Marigot, Saint Martin |
Arthur Kill | Arthur Kill | Separates Staten Island and New Jersey | - | - | - | Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, and the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge |
Augusta's Strait | Augusta's Strait | Aka. Dampier Strait (Indonesia), between the Raja Ampat islands of Waigeo and Batanta, province of West Papua | - | - | - | - |
Bab-el-Mandeb | Bab-el-Mandeb | Between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean. | 186 | 26,000 | - | - |
Bab Iskender | Bab Iskender | The eastern section of the Bab-el-Mandeb straits | 330 | 6,400 | 24,000 | - |
Balabac Strait | Balabac Strait | Connects the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea. It separates Balabac Island (Palawan province), Philippines, from Balambangan and the Banggi Islands north of Borneo | 100 | 50,000 | - | - |
Bali Strait | Bali Strait | Separating Java and Bali while connecting the Indian Ocean and the Bali Sea. | 60 | 2,400 | - | Ferry between Ketapang in Java |
Baltiysk strait | Baltiysk strait | Connects Vistula Bay and Gdańsk Bay | 12 | 400 | - | - |
Bangka Strait | Bangka Strait | Separates Sumatra and Bangka Island (also: Banca, Banka) | 27 | 14,000 | 48,000 | - |
Banks Strait | Banks Strait | Separates Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania | - | - | - | - |
Bashi Channel | Bashi Channel | Between the Batanes Islands, Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan | - | - | - | - |
Basilan Strait | Basilan Strait | Lies between Mindanao and Basilan in the Philippines | - | - | - | - |
Bass Strait | Bass Strait | Divides Mainland Australia and Tasmania | 155 | - | 350,000 | Spirit of Tasmania |
Beagle Channel | Beagle Channel | Separates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands | - | 4,800 | - | - |
Belle Isle strait | Belle Isle strait | Separates Labrador, Canada from the island of Newfoundland | - | 15,000 | 60,000 | Proposed: Newfoundland–Labrador fixed link |
Bering Strait | Bering Strait | Connects the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska. | 90 | 82,000 | - | Proposed: Bering Strait crossing |
Bohai Strait | Bohai Strait | Connects the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. Separates the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Shandong Peninsula | 80 | - | - | - |
Bonifacio strait | Bonifacio strait | Separates Corsica and Sardinia | 100 | 11,000 | - | - |
Bosporus | Bosporus | Connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates Europe and Asia | 100 | 700 | - | 15 July Martyrs Bridge, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, and Eurasia Tunnel |
Bougainville Strait | Bougainville Strait | Separates Choiseul Island, part of Solomon Islands, from Bougainville Island, part of Papua New Guinea. | - | - | - | - |
Boundary Pass | Boundary Pass | British Columbia and Washington state. It connects Haro Strait to the south with the Strait of Georgia to the north. | - | - | 23,000 | - |
Bransfield Strait | Bransfield Strait | Divides South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula | 2,000 | - | 100,000 | - |
Bungo Channel | Bungo Channel | Separates Kyūshū and Shikoku | - | - | - | - |
Burias Pass | Burias Pass | Separates Bicol Peninsula and Burias Island in the Philippines | - | - | - | - |
Cabot Strait | Cabot Strait | Separates Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island in Canada | 550 | - | 130,000 | - |
Caicos Passage | Caicos Passage | The Caicos Islands are separated by the Caicos Passage from the closest Bahamian islands, Mayaguana and Great Inagua. | - | - | - | - |
Canso strait | Canso strait | Separates mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, in eastern Canada. | 61 | 1,000 | - | - |
Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) | Cebu Strait (a.k.a. Bohol Strait) | Connects the western part of the Bohol Sea with the Camotes Sea, and separates the island provinces of Cebu and Bohol. | - | - | - | - |
Chatham Strait | Chatham Strait | Separates Chichagof Island and Baranof Island to its west from Admiralty Island and Kuiu Island on its east in Alaska. | - | 5,000 | 16,000 | - |
Chios Strait | Chios Strait | Separates the Greek island of Chios from the Anatolian mainland and from the Aegean Region of Turkey. | - | - | - | - |
Clarence Strait | Clarence Strait | Separates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from Revillagigedo Island and Annette Island, on the east side | - | 5,556 | - | - |
Colvos Passage | Colvos Passage | Part of Puget Sound. Separates Vashon Island and the Kitsap Peninsula. | - | - | - | - |
Cook Strait | Cook Strait | New Zealand, between the North Island and the South Island | 128 | 22,000 | - | fFerry services run between Picton in the Marlborough Sounds and Wellington |
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