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This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." or for "The.. " see the first letter of the word which follows the article.
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- Nares Strait – between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with Lincoln Sea / the Arctic Sea
- The Narrows – between Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City
- Naruto Strait – between Awaji Island and the island Shikoku in Japan
- Nemuro Strait – between Kunashir Island and the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaidō, Japan
- Niagara River – between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of New York, USA
- Nicholas Channel – between Cuba and the Bahamas
- North Channel (British Isles) – between Northern Ireland and Scotland
- North Channel (Ontario) – between Georgian Bay on the east, and St. Marys River on the west
- Northumberland Strait – between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia
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- Old Bahama Channel – between Cuba and the Bahamas
- Ombai Strait – Alor Archipelago, Indonesia
- Øresund – between Danish Zealand and Swedish Scania
- Strait of Otranto – between Italy and Albania
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- Palk Strait – between India and Sri Lanka
- Panama – between North America and South America (Panama Canal)
- Parry Channel – between Baffin Bay in the east and Beaufort Sea in the west, of Canada
- Pearse Canal – between Alaska and islands of British Columbia
- Pentland Firth – between the Orkney archipelago and the mainland of Scotland
- La Pérouse Strait (also Soya Strait) – between Sakhalin and Japan
- Pertuis d'Antioche – on the Atlantic coast of Western France
- Pickering Passage – Puget Sound
- Pitt Strait (Indonesia) (a.k.a. Sagewin Strait) – between Salawati and Batanta in Indonesia
- Pitt Strait (New Zealand) – between Chatham Island and Pitt Island in the Chatham Islands
- Polillo Strait - between Polillo Island and Luzon Island
- Port Washington Narrows – Puget Sound
- Porte des Morts – between Green Bay and Lake Michigan
- Prince of Wales Strait – between Banks Island and Victoria Island in Canada
- Prince Regent Inlet – between the west end of Baffin Island (Brodeur Peninsula) and Somerset Island on the west, of Canada
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- Qiongzhou Strait – between Hainan and Guangdong
- Queen Charlotte Strait – between Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia, Canada
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- Revenges Strait – a.k.a. Sele Strait
- Rich Passage – Puget Sound
- Robeson Channel – between Ellesmere Island and Greenland
- Roes Welcome Sound – between the mainland of Canada on the west and Southampton Island on the east
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- Sagewin Strait – a.k.a. Pitt Strait (Indonesia)
- Saint-Barthélemy Channel – between Saint Barthélemy and Saint Martin
- St. Clair River – Connects Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair.
Separates the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA - St George's Channel – between Ireland and Wales
- St George's Channel – between New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
- Saint Lucia Channel – between Martinique and Saint Lucia
- St. Marys River – between Lake Superior and Lake Huron / and the province of Ontario, Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA
- Saint Vincent Passage – between Saint Vincent and Saint Lucia
- Les Saintes Passage – Guadeloupe
- Sakonnet River – between Aquidneck Island and Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island.
- San Bernardino Strait – between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines
- San Juanico Strait – between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines
- Scapa Flow – Scotland: between several of the Orkney islands
- Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Strait, Revenges Strait) – between Salawati and New Guinea
- Serpent's Mouth (Boca de la Serpiente) – between Trinidad and Venezuela
- Shelikof Strait – between the Alaska mainland to the west and Kodiak and Afognak islands to the east, in the USA
- Sibutu Passage – between Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago
- Strait of Sicily – between Sicily and Africa
- Singapore Strait – Connects the Strait of Malacca and the South China Sea. Separates Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra).
- Skagerrak – separating Denmark from Norway and Sweden
- Skog Passage – west of Joinville Island, Antarctica
- Smith Sound – between Ellesmere Island (Canada) and Greenland
- The Solent – England: between the Isle of Wight and Hampshire
- The Sound or Øresund – between Denmark and Sweden
- South Kvarken – between the Finnish Åland and Sweden
- Soya Strait or La Pérouse Strait – separates Sakhalin (Karafuto) (Russia) from Hokkaidō (Japan)
- Sula Channel - connects Albay Gulf to Pacific Ocean
- Sumba Strait – between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia
- Sunda Strait – between Sumatra and Java
- Surigao Strait – between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines
- Suwannee Strait (prehistoric) – a.k.a. Gulf Trough: Florida (USA)
- Svinesund – between Norway and Sweden
- The Swale – England: between the Isle of Sheppey and the mainland of Kent.
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- Tablas Strait – between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines
- Tacoma Narrows – Puget Sound
- Taiwan Strait – between Taiwan and Mainland China
- Tanon Strait – between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines
- Strait of Tartary (also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) – Sakhalin
- Strait of Tebrau – between Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
- Ticao Pass - separates Ticao Island from the Bicol Peninsula in the Philippines.
- Strait of Tiran – between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia
- Tolo Channel – narrow opening to the Tolo Harbour in Hong Kong
- Tongass Passage – between Alaska and British Columbia
- Torres Strait – between New Guinea and Australia
- Tsugaru Strait – between Hokkaidō and Honshū
- Turkish Straits – collectively refers to the Turkish straits the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe
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