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Irbe Strait

Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait, forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea, between the forming the southern end of the island in and Courland Peninsula in .
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in Estonia and Latvia
  • Also known as: “Domesnes Strait”, “Irbe Väin”, “Irben Channel”, “Irben Strait”, “Irbeni Väin”, “Irbeni Vain Bay”, “Irbenskiy Prokhod”, “Irbenskiy Proliv”, “Irbensundet”, “Irbes Jūras Šaunums”, “Irbes Jūras Šaurums”, “Irbes Šaurums”, “Irveni Wäin”, “Irves Jūras Šaurums”, “Irves Šaurums”, “Kolkasraga Šaurums”, “Meerenge von Domesnäs”, “Sõrve Meri”, “Sõrve Väin”, and “Strait of Sõrve”

Irbe Strait

Latitude
57.85433° or 57° 51′ 16″ north
Longitude
22.30568° or 22° 18′ 20″ east
Open location code
9G94V834+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9951336427
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
453748
Wiki­data ID
Q621487
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Satellite Map

Discover Irbe Strait from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Irbe Strait” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Իրբենյան նեղուց”
  • Azerbaijani: “İrbe boğazı”
  • Basque: “Irbe itsasartea”
  • Belarusian: “Ірбенскі праліў”
  • Belarusian: “Ірбэнская пратока”
  • Bulgarian: “Ирбенски проток”
  • Catalan: “estret d’Irbe”
  • Catalan: “Estret d’Irbe”
  • Cebuano: “Kura Kurk”
  • Chinese: “伊尔别海峡”
  • Chinese: “伊尔贝海峡”
  • Chinese: “伊爾別海峽”
  • Chinese: “伊爾貝海峽”
  • Croatian: “Tjesnac Irbe”
  • Czech: “Irbenský průliv”
  • Danish: “Irbestrædet”
  • Danish: “Svorbesund”
  • Dutch: “Irbe Strait”
  • Dutch: “Irbenstraat”
  • Estonian: “Irbe väin”
  • Estonian: “Kura kurk”
  • Finnish: “Kuurinkurkku”
  • French: “détroit d’Irbe”
  • French: “Détroit d’Irbe”
  • German: “Irbe-Strasse”
  • German: “Irbe-Straße”
  • German: “Irben-Strasse”
  • German: “Irben-Straße”
  • German: “Irbenstrasse”
  • German: “Irbenstraße”
  • German: “Irbes juras saurums”
  • German: “Irbes jūras šaurums”
  • German: “Kura kurk”
  • Hebrew: “מצר אירבה”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Irbe”
  • Japanese: “イルベ海峡”
  • Korean: “이르베 해협”
  • Latvian: “Irbes jūras šaurums”
  • Latvian: “Irbes šaurums”
  • Latvian: “Kura kurk”
  • Latvian: “Sūr mer”
  • Lithuanian: “Irbės sąsiauris”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Irbestredet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kura kurk”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Svorbesundet”
  • Norwegian: “Irbestredet”
  • Persian: “تنگه ایربه”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Irbe”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Irbeńska”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Irbe”
  • Russian: “Ирбенский пролив”
  • Serbian: “Ирбов мореуз”
  • Serbian: “Ирбов пролаз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Tjesnac Irbe”
  • Slovak: “Irbenský prieliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Irbe”
  • Swedish: “Irbes jūras šaurums”
  • Swedish: “Kura kurk”
  • Swedish: “Svorbesundet”
  • Ukrainian: “Ірбенська протока”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Irbe”

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