Kara Strait
The Kara Strait or Kara Gates is a 56 km wide channel of water between the southern end of Novaya Zemlya and the northern tip of Vaygach Island. This strait connects the Kara Sea and the Barents Sea in northern Russia.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Novaya Zemlya, Russia
- Also known as: “Karanportti”, “Karaporten”, “Karskie Vorota”, “Karskiya Vorota”, “Karskiye Vorota”, “Nassau Strait”, “Nassow Strait”, “Proliv Karskije Vorota”, “Str. of Nassow”, “Strait of Nassau”, “Strait of Nassow”, “Бе́рингов Карские Ворота”, “Карски Проток”, “Пролив Карские Ворота”, “خلیج عقبه”, “카라 해협”, “カラ海峡”, and “カルスキエ・ヴォロタ海峡”
Kara Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Nenetsia, Northwestern Russia, Russia, Eastern Europe, Europe
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Latitude
70.43333° or 70° 26′ north
Longitude
57.91667° or 57° 55′ east
Open location code
CH2VCWM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kara Strait” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق كارا”
- Armenian: “Կարայի դարպասներ”
- Asturian: “Estrechu de Kara”
- Azerbaijani: “Kara darvazası”
- Basque: “Karako itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Карскія Вароты”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Карскія Вароты”
- Bosnian: “Karski prolaz”
- Bulgarian: “Карски Врата”
- Catalan: “estret de Kara”
- Catalan: “Estret de Kara”
- Cebuano: “Proliv Karskiye Vorota”
- Chinese: “卡拉海峽”
- Chinese: “喀拉海峡”
- Croatian: “Karska vrata”
- Czech: “Karská vrata”
- Danish: “Karastrædet”
- Dutch: “Karische Poort”
- Esperanto: “Kara markolo”
- Estonian: “Kara Värav”
- Finnish: “Karansalmi”
- French: “détroit de Kara”
- French: “Détroit de Kara”
- German: “Karastrasse”
- German: “Karastraße”
- Hausa: “Yankin Kara”
- Hebrew: “מצר קארה”
- Hindi: “कारा जलडमरूमध्य”
- Icelandic: “Karasund”
- Indonesian: “Selat Kara”
- Italian: “stretto di Kara”
- Italian: “Stretto di Kara”
- Japanese: “カルスキエボロタ海峡”
- Korean: “카르스키예 해협”
- Latin: “Pylae Karicae”
- Latvian: “Karas Vārti”
- Lithuanian: “Karos Vartai”
- Macedonian: “Карска Врата”
- Marathi: “कारा सामुद्रधुनी”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kara Hái-kiap”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Karastredet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karasundet”
- Norwegian: “Karastredet”
- Ossetian: “Карæйы Кулдуар”
- Ossetian: “Карскы Кулдуар”
- Panjabi: “ਕਾਰਾ ਪਣਜੋੜ”
- Persian: “تنگه کارا”
- Polish: “Karskie Wrota”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Cara”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Kara”
- Russian: “Карские Ворота”
- Scots: “Kara Strait”
- Serbian: “Karska vrata”
- Serbian: “Карска врата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Karska vrata”
- Slovak: “Karské vráta”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Kara”
- Swedish: “Karasundet”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบคารา”
- Turkish: “Kara Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Карські Ворота”
- Urdu: “آبنائے کارا”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Kara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Estrecho han Kara”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulang han Kara”
- Western Frisian: “Karyske Poarte”
- Western Panjabi: “آبنائے کارا”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Guba Dolgaya and Stanovishche Morzverprom.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ostrov Chirachiy and Ostrov Luda.
Northwestern Russia: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Saint Petersburg and Center.
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