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Straits, Canals, Peninsulas and Capes
Narrow waterways, man-made canals, peninsulas and capes and what they connect.
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- Strait of GibraltarPlaceConnects the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, between Spain and Morocco
- BosporusPlaceStrait through Istanbul linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- DardanellesPlaceStrait in Turkey linking the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- Bering StraitPlaceBetween Alaska and Russia, joins the Pacific and Arctic oceans
- Strait of HormuzPlaceNarrow waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
- Strait of MalaccaPlaceBetween Malaysia and Sumatra; a busy shipping lane
- Strait of MagellanPlacePassage at the southern tip of South America
- Strait of DoverPlaceNarrowest part of the English Channel, between England and France
- Bab-el-MandebPlaceStrait between Yemen and Djibouti at the south end of the Red Sea
- Strait of MackinacPlaceConnects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron
- Taiwan StraitPlaceBetween Taiwan and mainland China
- Torres StraitPlaceBetween Australia and Papua New Guinea
- Bass StraitPlaceBetween mainland Australia and Tasmania
- Cook StraitPlaceBetween New Zealand's North and South islands
- Davis StraitPlaceBetween Greenland and Baffin Island
- Drake PassagePlaceBetween South America and Antarctica
- Strait of FloridaPlaceBetween Florida and Cuba
- Strait of Juan de FucaPlaceBetween Washington State and Vancouver Island
- Panama CanalPlaceLinks the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across Panama
- Suez CanalPlaceLinks the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea across Egypt
- Erie CanalPlaceNew York State; joined the Hudson River to Lake Erie
- Kiel CanalPlaceGermany; links the North Sea and the Baltic Sea
- Corinth CanalPlaceGreece; cuts across a narrow neck of land
- Grand Canal (China)PlaceVery old canal running north to south in China
- Soo LocksPlaceMichigan; ships pass between Lake Superior and Lake Huron
- Welland CanalPlaceOntario, Canada; bypasses Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
- Iberian PeninsulaPlaceSpain and Portugal
- Italian PeninsulaPlaceShaped like a boot, including Italy
- Balkan PeninsulaPlaceSoutheastern Europe: Greece, Bulgaria, Albania, and more
- Scandinavian PeninsulaPlaceNorway and Sweden, with part of Finland
- JutlandPlacePeninsula holding mainland Denmark and part of Germany
- Crimean PeninsulaPlaceJuts into the Black Sea
- Arabian PeninsulaPlaceThe largest peninsula in the world, in southwest Asia
- Sinai PeninsulaPlaceEgypt; between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea
- Indochina PeninsulaPlaceSoutheast Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar
- Malay PeninsulaPlaceSoutheast Asia: Malaysia, southern Thailand, Singapore
- Korean PeninsulaPlaceEast Asia: North Korea and South Korea
- Kamchatka PeninsulaPlaceEastern Russia, full of volcanoes
- Florida PeninsulaPlaceSoutheastern United States
- Baja CaliforniaPlaceLong Mexican peninsula west of the Gulf of California
- Yucatán PeninsulaPlaceSoutheastern Mexico, with Cancún
- Labrador PeninsulaPlaceEastern Canada, in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
- Cape CodPlaceMassachusetts; a curved peninsula
- Olympic PeninsulaPlaceWashington State; has Olympic National Park
- Upper PeninsulaPlaceMichigan; the northern part north of Lake Michigan
- Cape HornPlaceSouthern tip of South America in Chile
- Cape of Good HopePlaceSouthwestern tip of Africa near Cape Town
- Cape CanaveralPlaceFlorida; where rockets launch
- Cape HatterasPlaceNorth Carolina's Outer Banks
- Land's EndPlaceCornwall, England; the westernmost point of mainland England
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