Strait of Messina

The Strait of Messina is a narrow strait between the eastern tip of and the western tip of in . It connects the to the north with the Ionian Sea to the south, within the central Mediterranean.
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  • Strait
  • Description: strait between Sicily and Calabria
  • Also known as
    “Mesina Strait”
    “Messina Strait”
    “Strait of Mesina”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Punta Pezzo Lighthouse and Lago di Ganzirri.
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is an active lighthouse located…
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is a lake in the , , . is situated 2½ km northwest of Strait of Messina.
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is the main railway… is situated 3½ km south of Strait of Messina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pezzo and Punta Pezzo.
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is a suburb.
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is a point in , southern .
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is a hamlet.

Strait of Messina

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Latitude
38.24681° or 38° 14′ 49″ north
Longitude
15.6411° or 15° 38′ 28″ east
Open location code
8FCQ6JWR+PC
Geo­Names ID
2524168
Wiki­data ID
Q134705

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Strait of Messina” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Straat van Messina”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σικελικὸς Πορθμός”
  • Arabic: “مسينة”
  • Arabic: “مضيق مسينا”
  • Arabic: “مضيق ميسينا”
  • Arabic: “ميسينا”
  • Armenian: “Մեսիանայի նեղուց”
  • Armenian: “Մեսինայի նեղուց”
  • Asturian: “estrechu de Messina”
  • Asturian: “Estrechu de Messina”
  • Azerbaijani: “Messin boğazı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Messina boğazı”
  • Basque: “Messinako itsasartea”
  • Belarusian: “Месінскі праліў”
  • Belarusian: “Мэсынская пратока”
  • Belarusian: “Мэсынскі праліў”
  • Bosnian: “Mesinski prolaz”
  • Bulgarian: “Месински пролив”
  • Catalan: “estret de Messina”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Messina”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Sicília”
  • Cebuano: “Stretto di Messina”
  • Chechen: “Мессинан хидоькъе”
  • Chinese: “墨西拿海峡”
  • Chinese: “墨西拿海峽”
  • Corsican: “Strettu di Messina”
  • Croatian: “Mesinska vrata”
  • Croatian: “Mesinski kanal”
  • Croatian: “Mesinski prolaz”
  • Croatian: “Mesinski tjesnac”
  • Czech: “Messinská úžina”
  • Czech: “Messinský průliv”
  • Danish: “Messinastrædet”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Messina”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo de Mesino”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo de Messina”
  • Esperanto: “Mesina markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Mesina Markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Strato de Messina”
  • Estonian: “Messina väin”
  • Finnish: “Messinansalmi”
  • French: “détroit de Messine”
  • French: “Détroit de Messine”
  • French: “phare de Messine”
  • Galician: “Estreito de Messina”
  • Georgian: “მესინის სრუტე”
  • German: “Meerenge von Messina”
  • German: “Strasse von Messina”
  • German: “Straße von Messina”
  • German: “Stretto di Messina”
  • Greek: “Στενό της Μεσσήνης”
  • Hebrew: “מיצרי מסינה”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מסינה”
  • Hebrew: “מצרי מסינה”
  • Hindi: “मेसिना जलसन्धि”
  • Hungarian: “Messinai-szoros”
  • Icelandic: “Messínasund”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Messina”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Messina”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Scilla”
  • Japanese: “メッシーナ海峡”
  • Japanese: “メッシナ海峡”
  • Korean: “메시나 해협”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Messina”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Messinayê”
  • Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا مەسسنا”
  • Latin: “Fretum Siculum”
  • Latin: “Messanae fretum”
  • Latin: “Messanense fretum”
  • Latin: “Scyllae et Charybdis fretum”
  • Latin: “Scyllaeum fretum”
  • Latin: “Siculum fretum”
  • Latvian: “Mesīnas šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Mesinos sąsiauris”
  • Luxembourgish: “Strooss vu Messina”
  • Macedonian: “Месински Проток”
  • Marathi: “मेसिनाची सामुद्रधुनी”
  • Newari: “मेसिना जलसन्धि”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Messinastredet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Messinasundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinastredet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinasundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Strittu di Missina”
  • Norwegian: “Messinastredet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech de Messina”
  • Ossetian: “Мессинæйы донкъубал”
  • Persian: “تنگه مسینا”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Messyńska”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Mesyńska”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Messina”
  • Portuguese: “Estreitos de Messina”
  • Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Messina”
  • Russian: “Мессенский пролив”
  • Russian: “Мессинский пролив”
  • Russian: “Сикульский пролив”
  • Serbian: “Mesinski moreuz”
  • Serbian: “Месински мореуз”
  • Serbian: “Месински теснац”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski moreuz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski prolaz”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mesinski tjesnac”
  • Sicilian: “Strettu di Missina”
  • Sicilian: “Strettu i Missina”
  • Sicilian: “Strittu di Missina”
  • Slovak: “Messinská úžina”
  • Slovak: “Messinský prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “Mesinska ožina”
  • Slovenian: “Mesinski preliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Mesina”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Messina”
  • Swedish: “Messina-sundet”
  • Swedish: “Messinasundet”
  • Swedish: “Stretto di Messina”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบเมสซีนา”
  • Turkish: “Messina Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мессинська протока”
  • Ukrainian: “Мессінська протока”
  • Uzbek: “Messina bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina Bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina Bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina Bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina boʻgʻozi”
  • Uzbek: “Messina Boʻgʻozi”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Messina”
  • Vietnamese: “Messina”
  • Vlaams: “Stroate van Messina”
  • Welsh: “Culfor Messina”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Messina”
  • Wu Chinese: “墨西拿海峡”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Torre di Faro and Piale.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Residence Dei Margi and Capo Peloro Lighthouse.

Sicily: Highlights

Learn more about Palermo and Messina.

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