Tigres Strait
The Tigres Strait, formerly known as Tigres Bay or Great Fish Bay, is a strait in Angola, located in Namibe Province, serving as a separation between the Angolan mainland and the Tigres Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Namibe Province, Angola
- Also known as: “Bahia dos Tigres”, “Baía dos Tigres”, “Baie des Tigres”, “Great Fish Bay”, “Grosze Fisch Bucht”, “Tiger Bay”, “Tigers Strait”, and “Tigres Bay”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint Martin of the Tigers.
Saint Martin of the Tigers
Saint Martin of the Tigers, sometimes referred to simply as Village of Tigres Bay, is a ghost town in southern Angola, located on Tigres Island, currently separated from the Angolan mainland by the Tigres Strait.
Tigres Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Namibe Province, Angola, Central Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-16.63727° or 16° 38′ 14″ southLongitude
11.77524° or 11° 46′ 31″ eastOpen location code
5FMH9Q7G+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 7179928111OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
3345811Wikidata ID
Q2743350
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Swedish—“Tigres Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Tiqreş boğazı”
- Bulgarian: “Баия душ Тигриш”
- Bulgarian: “Бая дос Тигрес”
- Bulgarian: “Бая душ Тигриш”
- Catalan: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Catalan: “Estret dels Tigres”
- Cebuano: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Cebuano: “Kipot sa Tigres”
- Chinese: “蒂格雷斯港”
- Dutch: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Dutch: “Grote Visbaai”
- Dutch: “Tijgerstraat”
- Esperanto: “Baia dos Tigres”
- French: “Baia dos Tigres”
- French: “Détroit des Tigres”
- Galician: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Galician: “Estreito do Tigre”
- Georgian: “ბაია-დუშ-ტიგრეში”
- German: “Baia dos Tigres”
- German: “Great Fish Bay”
- German: “Straße von Tigres”
- German: “Tigerbucht”
- German: “Tigerstraße”
- German: “Tigres Bay”
- German: “Tigres Strait”
- Italian: “Stretto delle Tigri”
- Lithuanian: “Baja dos Tigresas”
- Malay: “Baia dos Tigres”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Tygrysów”
- Portuguese: “Baía dos Grandes Peixes”
- Portuguese: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Portuguese: “Estreito dos Tigres”
- Russian: “Тигреш (пролив)”
- Russian: “Тигреш”
- Russian: “Тигровый Пролив”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Baia dos Tigres”
- Spanish: “Bahia de los Tigres”
- Spanish: “Bahía de los Tigres”
- Spanish: “Baia dos Tigres”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de los Tigres”
- Swedish: “Baía dos Tigres”
- Swedish: “Estreito dos Tigres”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Perigo Vala and Pista de Aterragem da Baía dos Tigres.
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