Cook Strait lies between the North and South Islands of New Zealand.

We swam across the bay.

Have you ever gone through the Straits of Magellan?

Two gigawatts comes through the Chunnel.

The Bering Strait separates Asia from North America.

England and France are separated by the English Channel.

Detroit () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the largest city on the United States Canada border.

It is thought that the effects of the spill are likely to be felt for many years to come.

Ailinn Solomons flushed and rose from her deckchair, knocking over the console and spilling the wine they'd been drinking.

Janszoon then crossed the eastern end of the Arafura Sea, without seeing the Torres Strait, into the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Early in August he saw the length of Gastineau Channel from the south, noting a small island in mid channel.

An economic bonus of such an effort for the entire region would come from the opening of direct flights and sea transport across the Taiwan Strait.

The Royal Navy swept the Corfu Channel for mines in 1944 and 1945, and found it to be free of mines.

The Tacoma Narrows Bridge was designed as state of the art, which included a strong aesthetic preference for slender structures.

But the US military would have to be able to prevent Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world s oil supply passes.

In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz and warned the United States against sending an aircraft carrier back into the Persian Gulf.

To the east is the Øresund, which splits Denmark and Sweden and joins the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.

Northeast Asia contains the last remnants of the Cold War the divided Korean Peninsula and hostile glares across the Taiwan Straits.

It connects the Chukchi Sea (part of the Arctic Ocean) to the north with the Bering Sea (part of the Pacific Ocean) to the south.

It connects the southwestern part of the Atlantic Ocean (Scotia Sea) with the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and extends into the Southern Ocean.

Projects under TEN include the Channel Tunnel, LGV Est, the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, the Öresund Bridge, the Brenner Base Tunnel and the Strait of Messina Bridge.

It might not be able to close the Strait of Hormuz, but threats to refineries, storage facilities, and tankers would send oil prices even higher.

Because China must import vast quantities of oil through the Malacca Strait, that sea lane has become a central element in the country s security strategy.

Length 56 km, width (narrowest) 7.3 km, fairway depth 7.2 m.The strait was a place for the contemplated Sakhalin Tunnel.

In the past ten days, Iran threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz and warned the United States against sending an aircraft carrier back into the Persian Gulf.

The Strait of Gibraltar, just 14 km wide, is one of the routes preferred by mafias to move immigrants in pateras , small boats or inflatable dinghies which are too fragile to cross these dangerous waters.

Hence Iranian missile tests, threats to close the Strait of Hormuz, and announcements of nuclear progress should be read as efforts to deter more than provoke.

Instead, it could be expected to retaliate by attacking US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, unleashing terrorist attacks throughout the region and the world, and interrupting the flow of tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Much of Taiwan's manufacturing sector has migrated across the Taiwan Strait despite restrictions on direct contacts with the mainland and Singapore is becoming a kind of Asian Switzerland, betting its prosperity on investments in China.

Other names for the hypothetical landmass have included Terra Australis Ignota, Terra Australis Incognita ( The unknown land of the South ) or Terra Australis Nondum Cognita ( The Southern Land Not Yet Known ).

It would ignite an already incendiary part of the world, with the added risk of global economic collapse if the Strait of Hormuz, through which one fifth to one third of the world s oil passes, is blocked.

Jailed years ago for his anti Kuomintang (KMT) activities, he stood up at great odds to the Chinese Communist Party, which sought in vain to subjugate him in cross Strait relations and in global politics.

The island of Perim divides the strait into two channels, of which the eastern, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 2 miles (3 km) wide and 16 fathoms (30 m) deep, while the western, or Dact el Mayun, has a width of about 16 miles (25 km) and a depth of 170 fathoms (310 m).