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Strait Location Galowa Strait, or Sele Strait: Salawati Island, New Guinea Strait of Georgia: Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia: Strait of Gibraltar: Europe (Spain) and Africa (Morocco) Golden Gate Strait: Marin County, California and San Francisco – entrance to San Francisco Bay Great Belt: The islands of Zealand and Funen (Denmark)
This is a list of seas of the World Ocean, including marginal seas, areas of water, various gulfs, bights, bays, and straits. [2] In many cases it is a matter of tradition for a body of water to be named a sea or a bay, etc., therefore all these types are listed here.
This category may include: (1) straits that are within the territorial waters of two or more states and (2) straits that are international waters. Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
An international strait is a narrow natural waterway connecting two parts of the high seas or exclusive economic zones, used for international navigation.Per the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a transit passage regime prevails in such straits for both ships and aircraft with few exceptions, even when the territorial waters of bordering country or countries overlap.
Straits of the United Kingdom (1 C) Straits of the United States (1 C, 5 P) V. Straits of Venezuela (2 P) This page was last edited on 5 August 2016, at 21:17 (UTC). ...
A strait is a water body connecting two seas or two water basins. While the landform generally constricts the flow, the surface water still flows, for the most part, at the same elevation on both sides and through the strait in both directions. In some straits there may be a dominant directional current through the strait.
Gulf Islands close to Vancouver Island and within the Strait of Georgia within British Columbia; Gulf of Maine, off the States of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts in the United States, and the Canadian Provinces of New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia in the Atlantic Ocean; Gulf of Mexico, between Mexico, the United States, and Cuba
Location of the Bosporus (red) relative to the Dardanelles (yellow) and the Sea of Marmara Close-up satellite image of the Bosporus Strait, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004. The body of water at the top is the Black Sea , the one at the bottom is the Marmara Sea, and the Bosporus is the winding waterway that connects the ...
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