{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/geo-straits-canals-peninsulas",
 "id": "geo-straits-canals-peninsulas",
 "title": "Straits, Canals, Peninsulas and Capes",
 "category": "geography",
 "subject": "Geography",
 "levels": [
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Narrow waterways, man-made canals, peninsulas and capes and what they connect.",
 "tags": [
  "straits",
  "canals",
  "peninsulas",
  "capes"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Place",
 "backLabel": "What it is",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Strait of Gibraltar",
   "Connects the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, between Spain and Morocco"
  ],
  [
   "Bosporus",
   "Strait through Istanbul linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara"
  ],
  [
   "Dardanelles",
   "Strait in Turkey linking the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara"
  ],
  [
   "Bering Strait",
   "Between Alaska and Russia, joins the Pacific and Arctic oceans"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Hormuz",
   "Narrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Malacca",
   "Between Malaysia and Sumatra; a busy shipping lane"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Magellan",
   "Passage at the southern tip of South America"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Dover",
   "Narrowest part of the English Channel, between England and France"
  ],
  [
   "Bab-el-Mandeb",
   "Strait between Yemen and Djibouti at the south end of the Red Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Mackinac",
   "Connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron"
  ],
  [
   "Taiwan Strait",
   "Between Taiwan and mainland China"
  ],
  [
   "Torres Strait",
   "Between Australia and Papua New Guinea"
  ],
  [
   "Bass Strait",
   "Between mainland Australia and Tasmania"
  ],
  [
   "Cook Strait",
   "Between New Zealand's North and South islands"
  ],
  [
   "Davis Strait",
   "Between Greenland and Baffin Island"
  ],
  [
   "Drake Passage",
   "Between South America and Antarctica"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Florida",
   "Between Florida and Cuba"
  ],
  [
   "Strait of Juan de Fuca",
   "Between Washington State and Vancouver Island"
  ],
  [
   "Panama Canal",
   "Links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Panama"
  ],
  [
   "Suez Canal",
   "Links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea across Egypt"
  ],
  [
   "Erie Canal",
   "New York State; joined the Hudson River to Lake Erie"
  ],
  [
   "Kiel Canal",
   "Germany; links the North Sea and the Baltic Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Corinth Canal",
   "Greece; cuts across a narrow neck of land"
  ],
  [
   "Grand Canal (China)",
   "Very old canal running north to south in China"
  ],
  [
   "Soo Locks",
   "Michigan; ships pass between Lake Superior and Lake Huron"
  ],
  [
   "Welland Canal",
   "Ontario, Canada; bypasses Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario"
  ],
  [
   "Iberian Peninsula",
   "Spain and Portugal"
  ],
  [
   "Italian Peninsula",
   "Shaped like a boot, including Italy"
  ],
  [
   "Balkan Peninsula",
   "Southeastern Europe: Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, and more"
  ],
  [
   "Scandinavian Peninsula",
   "Norway and Sweden, with part of Finland"
  ],
  [
   "Jutland",
   "Peninsula holding mainland Denmark and part of Germany"
  ],
  [
   "Crimean Peninsula",
   "Juts into the Black Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Arabian Peninsula",
   "The largest peninsula in the world, in southwest Asia"
  ],
  [
   "Sinai Peninsula",
   "Egypt; between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea"
  ],
  [
   "Indochina Peninsula",
   "Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar"
  ],
  [
   "Malay Peninsula",
   "Southeast Asia: Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore"
  ],
  [
   "Korean Peninsula",
   "East Asia: North Korea and South Korea"
  ],
  [
   "Kamchatka Peninsula",
   "Eastern Russia, full of volcanoes"
  ],
  [
   "Florida Peninsula",
   "Southeastern United States"
  ],
  [
   "Baja California",
   "Long Mexican peninsula west of the Gulf of California"
  ],
  [
   "Yucatán Peninsula",
   "Southeastern Mexico, with Cancún"
  ],
  [
   "Labrador Peninsula",
   "Eastern Canada, in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador"
  ],
  [
   "Cape Cod",
   "Massachusetts; a curved peninsula"
  ],
  [
   "Olympic Peninsula",
   "Washington State; has Olympic National Park"
  ],
  [
   "Upper Peninsula",
   "Michigan; the northern part north of Lake Michigan"
  ],
  [
   "Cape Horn",
   "Southern tip of South America in Chile"
  ],
  [
   "Cape of Good Hope",
   "Southwestern tip of Africa near Cape Town"
  ],
  [
   "Cape Canaveral",
   "Florida; where rockets launch"
  ],
  [
   "Cape Hatteras",
   "North Carolina's Outer Banks"
  ],
  [
   "Land's End",
   "Cornwall, England; the westernmost point of mainland England"
  ]
 ]
}