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The Jamaica Channel is a strait separating the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola, in the Caribbean Sea. [1] Along with the Windward Passage to its north. Due to its location about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) north-east of the Panama Canal, it is a main sea lane through which vessels with Pacific Ocean destinations sailing from the eastern seaboards of the United States and Canada, as well as ...
The shaded relief map of the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico area [8] [9] The geological age of the Caribbean Sea is estimated to be 160 million to 180 million years and was formed by a horizontal fracture called Pangaea that split the supercontinent in the Mesozoic Era . [ 10 ]
The steep grades and variable flows of most other West Coast rivers make them unsuitable for large boat travel. Also, most large rivers there are dammed, often in multiple places, to supply water for hydroelectricity production and other uses. Mountainous terrain and a shortage of water make canals in the West infeasible as well.
Windward Passage (French: Passage au Vent; Spanish: Paso de los Vientos) is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola.The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti.
Jamaica (T) Nicaragua (J) Panama (2) (T) Venezuela Comoros: 7 7 5 Glorioso Islands [d] [ac] Madagascar Mayotte [j] Mozambique Réunion [l] Seychelles Tanzania Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2 1 1 Angola (2) Republic of the Congo: 2 2 2 Angola Gabon Cook Islands [g] (New Zealand) 5 5 3
The Great Loop is a system of waterways that encompasses the eastern portion of the United States and part of Canada. It is made up of both natural and man-made waterways, including the Atlantic and Gulf Intracoastal Waterways, the Great Lakes, the Erie Canal, and the Mississippi and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. [1]
SS Bremen depicted on a German postage stamp. Transatlantic passenger crossings became faster, safer, and more reliable with the advent of steamships in the 19th century. The wooden-hulled, paddle-wheel SS Great Western built in 1838 is recognized as the first purpose-built transatlantic steamship, on a scheduled run back and forth from Bristol to New York City.
At its greatest extent, Jamaica is 235 km (146 mi) long, and its width varies between 34 and 84 km (21 and 52 mi). [1] Jamaica has a small area of 10,992 km 2 (4,244 sq mi). [1] However, Jamaica is the largest island of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the third largest of the Greater Antilles, after Cuba and Hispaniola. [1]