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.
A strait being a narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water. Most commonly, the strait is a narrow channel that lies between two land masses
Strait Location Depth (meters) Min. width (meters) Max. width (meters)Known crossings Agate Pass Part of Puget Sound. Separates Bainbridge Island from the mainland of the Kitsap Peninsula near Suquamish6.191375Agate Pass Bridge Agattu Strait Attu Island and Agattu Island in the Alaskan Aleutians - - - - Akashi Strait Connects Seto Inland Sea and Osaka Bay.Separates Honshu from Awaji Island, Japan110 -4,000Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Alas Strait Separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two islands of Indonesia - - - - Alor Strait Divides the Solor Archipelago from the Alor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia - - - - Amchitka Pass It is the largest pass in the Aleutian Islands Alaskan1,800 -80,000 - Anegada Passage In the Caribbean Sea. Separates the Virgin Islands and Anguilla2,300 -127,000 - Anguilla Channel In the Caribbean Sea. Separates Anguilla and Saint Martin - - -Ferry service from Marigot, Saint Martin Arthur Kill Separates Staten Island and New Jersey - - -Goethals Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, and the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge Augusta's Strait Aka. Dampier Strait (Indonesia), between the Raja Ampat islands of Waigeo and Batanta, province of West Papua - - - -Bab-el-MandebBetween Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean18626,000 - -Bab IskenderThe eastern section of the Bab-el-Mandeb straits3306,40024,000 -Balabac StraitConnects the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea. It separates Balabac Island (Palawan province), Philippines, from Balambangan and the Banggi Islands north of Borneo10050,000 - -Bali StraitSeparating Java and Bali while connecting the Indian Ocean and the Bali Sea602,400 -Ferry between Ketapang in JavaBaltiysk straitConnects Vistula Bay and Gdańsk Bay12400 - -Bangka StraitSeparates Sumatra and Bangka Island (also: Banca, Banka)2714,00048,000 -Banks StraitSeparates Cape Barren Island/Clarke Island and Tasmania - - - -Barbuda PassageIn the Caribbean Sea. Separates Antigua from Barbuda - - -Ferry between St. John's Harbour and River DockBashi ChannelBetween the Batanes Islands, Philippines and Orchid Island of Taiwan - - - -Basilan StraitLies between Mindanao and Basilan in the Philippines - - - -Bass StraitDivides Mainland Australia and Tasmania155 -350,000Spirit of Tasmania Beagle ChannelSeparates the larger main island of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego from various smaller islands -4,800 - -Belle Isle straitSeparates Labrador, Canada from the island of Newfoundland -15,00060,000Proposed: Newfoundland–Labrador fixed linkBering StraitConnects the Pacific and Arctic oceans, separating the Chukchi Peninsula of the Russian Far East from the Seward Peninsula of Alaska9082,000 -Proposed: Bering Strait crossingBohai StraitConnects the Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea. Separates the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Shandong Peninsula80 - - -Bonifacio strait Separates Corsica and Sardinia10011,000 - -BosporusConnects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and separates Europe and Asia100700 -15 July Martyrs Bridge, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge, and Eurasia TunnelBougainville StraitSeparates Choiseul Island, part of Solomon Islands, from Bougainville Island, part of Papua New Guinea - - - -Boundary PassBritish Columbia and Washington state. It connects Haro Strait to the south with the Strait of Georgia to the north - -23,000 -Bransfield StraitDivides South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula2,000 -100,000 -Bungo ChannelSeparates Kyūshū and Shikoku - - - -Burias PassSeparates Bicol Peninsula and Burias Island in the Philippines - - - -Cabot StraitSeparates Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island in Canada550 -130,000 -Caicos PassageThe Caicos Islands are separated by the Caicos Passage from the closest Bahamian islands, Mayaguana and Great Inagua - - - -Canso straitSeparates mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, in eastern Canada611,000 - -Cebu Strait ( Bohol Strait)Connects the western part of the Bohol Sea with the Camotes Sea, and separates the island provinces of Cebu and Bohol. - - - -Chatham StraitSeparates Chichagof Island and Baranof Island to its west from Admiralty Island and Kuiu Island on its east in Alaska -5,00016,000 -Chios StraitSeparates the Greek island of Chios from the Anatolian mainland and from the Aegean Region of Turkey - - - -Clarence StraitSeparates Prince of Wales Island, on the west side, from Revillagigedo Island and Annette Island, on the east side -5,556 - -Colvos PassagePart of Puget Sound. Separates Vashon Island and the Kitsap Peninsula - - - -Cook StraitNew Zealand, between the North Island and the South Island12822,000 -Ferry services run between Picton in the Marlborough Sounds and WellingtonCorfu StraitSeparates Corfu and mainland Greece/Albania - - - -Cozumel ChannelSeparate Cozumel Island and the Yucatán Peninsula - - - -Cross SoundChichagof Island to its south and the mainland to its north, of Alaska - - - -Dalcahue ChannelPart of the Sea of Chiloé that separates Quinchao Island from Chiloé Island, Chile - - - -Dalco PassagePart of Puget Sound. Separates Vashon Island and the mainland near Tacoma, USA - - - -Dampier Strait (Indonesia)