Mona Pass

The Mona Passage is a strait that separates the islands of and Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the region. Along with the between Hispaniola and Cuba, the approximately 80 miles wide Mona Passage connects the North Atlantic Ocean to the , operating as an important shipping route between the North Atlantic and the .
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  • Strait
  • Description: strait separating Hispaniola and Puerto Rico
  • Also known as
    “Mona Passage”
    “Pasaje de Mona”

Mona Pass

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Latitude
18.5° or 18° 30′ north
Longitude
-68° or 68° west
Open location code
77CJG222+22
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4791242584
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
3496286
Wiki­data ID
Q1418401

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Mona Pass” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mona itsasartea”
  • Catalan: “canal de la Mona”
  • Catalan: “Canal de la Mona”
  • Cebuano: “Mona Passage”
  • Chinese: “莫納海峽”
  • Chinese: “莫纳海峡”
  • Croatian: “Prolaz Mona”
  • Czech: “Mona”
  • Czech: “Monský průliv”
  • Dutch: “Mona Passage”
  • Dutch: “Monapassage”
  • Esperanto: “Mona Markolo”
  • Estonian: “Mona väil”
  • French: “canal de la Mona”
  • French: “Canal de la Mona”
  • German: “Mona Passage”
  • German: “Mona-Passage”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר מונה”
  • Italian: “Canale della Mona”
  • Italian: “Stretto della Mona”
  • Japanese: “モナ海峡”
  • Latvian: “Monas šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Monos sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Монски Премин”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Mona”
  • Polish: “Mona”
  • Portuguese: “Canal de Mona”
  • Slovak: “Monský prieliv”
  • Slovak: “Prieliv Mona”
  • Spanish: “Canal de la Mona”
  • Spanish: “Pasaje de la Mona”
  • Spanish: “Paso de la Mona”
  • Spanish: “Paso Mona”
  • Swedish: “Mona Passage”
  • Swedish: “Monapassagen”
  • Ukrainian: “Мона”

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