A strait is a narrow channel of water between two land areas. A strait connects two bodies of water. Straits often connect two seas. Many straits are economically...

The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a 180 km-wide strait between mainland China and the island of Taiwan. The strait is part of the South China Sea...

Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal...

Torres Strait Islanders are the indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, part of Queensland, in Australia. They are culturally related to the coastal...

The Strait of Singapore or Singapore Strait is a strait in Singapore. It is 114 kilometres (71 mi) long and 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) wide. It is between...

George Harvey Strait Sr. (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the "King of Country...

The Bering Strait (Russian: Берингов пролив) is a sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the easternmost point (169°43' W) of the Asian continent and...

Raccoon Strait is a strait in north San Francisco Bay. It is between the Tiburon Peninsula (mainland Marin County), and Angel Island. The strait is around...

Cross-strait relations (simplified Chinese: 海峡两岸关系; traditional Chinese: 海峽兩岸關係; pinyin: Hǎixiá Liǎng'àn Guānxì) is the relations between the governments...

Torres Strait is the narrow sea between Australia's Cape York and New Guinea. It is about 150 km (93 mi) wide and filled with islands, coral reefs and...

Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria. The strait was named after...

Davis Strait is a northern arm of the Labrador Sea. It is between mid-western Greenland and Nunavut, Canada's Baffin Island. The strait was named for...

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically important strait between the Gulf of Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf. On the north coast is...

The Korea Strait (Korean: 대한해협, Daehan Haehyeop), also known as the Tsushima Strait, is a narrow body of water between Japan and South Korea. The name...

Cook Strait (Māori: Te Moana-o-Raukawa) is the body of water between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It connects the Tasman Sea on the west...

The Denmark Strait or Greenland Strait is an oceanic strait between Greenland (to its northwest) and Iceland (to its southeast). The Norwegian island...

The Strait of Magellan is a passageway from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific. It is just south of mainland South America and north of Tierra del Fuego...

The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel. The strait is at the east end of the English Channel, where...

Tsushima Strait (対馬海峡, Tsushima Kaikyō), also known as the Korea Strait, is a narrow body of water between Japan and South Korea. The name is used in two...

The Tsugaru Strait (津軽海峡, Tsugaru Kaikyō) is a channel that is between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan. It connects the Sea of Japan...

Strait of Tartary (Gulf of Tartary, Gulf of Tatary, Tatar Strait, Tartar Strait, Strait of Tartar) is a strait in the Pacific Ocean. It divides the Russian...

The National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) is a competition, exhibition and award held each year for visual arts in Australia...

Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea. To the south it meets the Java...

The Luzon Strait lies between Taiwan and Luzon, which is part of the Philippines. The island of Taiwan used to be called "Formosa". This is the name used...

The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait. Most of the islands are part of the state of Queensland, Australia...

Hudson Strait links the Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It is between Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec. Its eastern entrance is Cape...

The Strait of Otranto connects the Adriatic Sea with the Ionian Sea. It separates Italy from Albania. Its width at Punta Palascìa, east of Salento is less...

Johnstone Strait (French: Détroit de Johnstone) is a strait next to the northeast coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The Strait was named...

70°30′N 58°0′E / 70.500°N 58.000°E / 70.500; 58.000 The Kara Strait or Kara Gates is a 56 km (35 mi) wide channel of water between the southern end...

Sunda Strait is the strait that is between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is the location of the volcano Krakatoa. which erupted in 1883...

Charlotte Strait is a strait between Vancouver Island and the rest of British Columbia in Canada. It connects Queen Charlotte Sound to Johnstone Strait and...

The Strait of Malacca is a marine strait. It links the Andaman Sea and the Java Sea, and separates Malaya and Sumatra. It is about 800 km long. Most parts...

Investigator Strait is a body of water (strait) in South Australia. It lies between Yorke Peninsula on the mainland and Kangaroo Island. Matthew Flinders...

The Strait of Gibraltar is the only water passage between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. It is between Europe and Africa; on one side is...

The San Bernardino Strait is a strait in the Philippines, connecting the Samar Sea with the Philippine Sea. It separates the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon from...

The Menai Strait (Welsh: Afon Menai, the "River Menai") is a narrow stretch of water which separates the island of Anglesey from the mainland of Wales...

"Damn Strait" is a 2021 song by country singer Scotty McCreery and is the second single from his fifth studio album Same Truck. It went to number 32 in...

"Strait Old Line" is a 1983 song by New Zealand art rock band Split Enz and is the leading single from their ninth studio album Conflicting Emotions. It...

Bali Strait or also known as Operations Banyuwangi-Bali Strait was an Indonesian first amphibious warfare occured in 5 April 1946 in Bali Strait.The Battle...

Aboriginal Australians as well as Torres Strait Islanders and are often known together as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The first Indigenous...

The 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis is a conflict that is currently going on in the Middle East. It began on February 28, 2026. The crisis began when Israel...

accidentally discovered it. He never sailed the passage, because sailing the Strait of Magellan was less dangerous. The Drake passage is also the shortest route...

caused by an eruption and collapse of the Anak Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Strait struck coastal regions of Banten and Lampung, Indonesia. At least 281 people...

The Battle of the Malacca Strait, sometimes called the Sinking of the Haguro, was a naval battle in World War II. The battle started because the British...

city is along the north bank of the Carquinez Strait. Benicia is just east of Vallejo and across the strait from Martinez. This short article about a place...

Bosporus or Bosphorus (Turkish: İstanbul Boğazı, lit. 'Istanbul strait') is a strait which is straddled by the city of Istanbul that forms part of the...

Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku(四国) across the Seto Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Strait. It is the seventh biggest...

46% of people in the city. The city is located near the Menai Strait, which is a strait that separates the Isle of Anglesey from mainland Wales. In World...

belongs to Quebec. It is connected with the Atlantic Ocean through the Hudson Strait, which is in the northeast of the bay, and with the Arctic Ocean through...

The Bab-el-Mandeb, meaning "Gate of Tears" in Arabic, is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti and Eritrea, north of Somalia, in the...