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Gibraltar, Strait of
(Encyclopedia) Gibraltar, Strait ofGibraltar, Strait ofjĭbrôlˈtər [key], Lat. Fretum Herculeum or Fretum Gaditanum, passage, c.36 mi (58 km) long, connecting the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,…Bab el Mandeb
(Encyclopedia) Bab el MandebBab el Mandebbăb ĕl mănˈdĕb [key] [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from…Soya Strait
(Encyclopedia) Soya Strait: see La Pérouse Strait, Japan–Sakhalin island.Thursday Island
(Encyclopedia) Thursday Island (2016 pop. 2,938), Queensland, NE Australia, N of Cape York Peninsula, in Torres Strait. It is the administrative and commercial center of the Torres Strait Islands.Fury and Hecla Strait
(Encyclopedia) Fury and Hecla StraitFury and Hecla Straithĕkˈlə [key], narrow channel, c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 10 to 15 mi (16–24 km) wide, N Canada, between Baffin Island and Melville…Horace Burton STRAIT, Congress, MN (1835-1894)
STRAIT Horace Burton , a Representative from Minnesota; born in Potter County, Pa., January 26, 1835; attended the common schools; moved with his parents to Indiana in 1846; settled near Jordan…Thomas Jefferson STRAIT, Congress, SC (1846-1924)
STRAIT Thomas Jefferson , a Representative from South Carolina; born in Chester District, S.C., December 25, 1846; attended the common schools of Mayesville, S.C., and Cooper Institute,…Øresund
(Encyclopedia) ØresundØresundörəsŭndˈ [key] or the Sound, Swed. Öresund, c.45 mi (70 km) long, strait between the Danish island of Sjælland and Sweden, connecting the Kattegat with the Baltic Sea, to…Messina, Strait of
(Encyclopedia) Messina, Strait of, channel, c.20 mi (32 km) long and from 2 to 10 mi (3.2–16 km) wide, separating the Italian peninsula from Sicily and connecting the Ionian and Tyrrhenian seas.…Denmark Strait
(Encyclopedia) Denmark Strait, passage, c.300 mi (480 km) long and 180 mi (290 km) wide at the narrowest point, between Greenland and Iceland. The cold E Greenland current passes through the strait…Trending
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