Yucatan Channel

The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán is a strait between and . It connects the Yucatán Basin of the with the .
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Mexico and Cuba
  • Also known as: Channel of Yucatan”, “Estrecho de Yucatán”, “Yucatán”, “Yucatán Channel”, and “Yucatan Strasse

Yucatan Channel

Latitude
21.72° or 21° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude
-85.812° or 85° 48′ 43″ west
Open location code
76HPP59Q+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4790040676
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
3514209
Wiki­data ID
Q193260
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Yucatan Channel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Straat van Yucatán
  • Arabic: قناة يوكاتان
  • Armenian: Յուկատանի նեղուց
  • Asturian: Canal de Yucatán
  • Azerbaijani: Yukatan boğazı
  • Bashkir: Юкатан боғаҙы
  • Basque: Yucatángo itsasartea
  • Belarusian: Юкатанская пратока
  • Belarusian: Юкатанскі праліў
  • Bengali: ইয়ুকাতান প্রণালি
  • Bengali: ইয়ুকাতান প্রণালী
  • Bulgarian: Юкатански проток
  • Catalan: canal de Yucatán
  • Catalan: Canal de Yucatán
  • Cebuano: Yucatan Channel
  • Chechen: Юкатанан хидоькъе
  • Chinese: 尤卡坦海峡
  • Chinese: 尤卡坦海峽
  • Croatian: Yucatánski prolaz
  • Czech: Yucatánský průliv
  • Czech: Yukatánský průliv
  • Dutch: Straat van yucatan
  • Dutch: Straat van Yucatán
  • Dutch: Straat Yucatan
  • Dutch: Straat Yucatán
  • Esperanto: Jukatana Markolo
  • Estonian: Yucatáni väin
  • Finnish: Jukatanin kanaali
  • French: Canal du Yucatan
  • French: canal du Yucatán
  • French: Canal du Yucatán
  • French: Détroit du Yucatan
  • Galician: Canle do Iucatán
  • Georgian: იუკატანის სრუტე
  • German: Yucatanstraße
  • German: Yucatánstrasse
  • German: Yucatánstraße
  • German: Yukatanstraße
  • Greek: Κανάλι του Γιουκατάν
  • Hebrew: תעלת יוקטן
  • Hindi: युकाटन जलसन्धि
  • Italian: canale dello Yucatán
  • Italian: Canale dello Yucatán
  • Japanese: ユカタン海峡
  • Kazakh: Yukatan buğazı
  • Kazakh: Юкатан бұғазы
  • Kazakh: Юкатан Бұғазы
  • Kazakh: يۋكاتان بۇعازى
  • Korean: 유카탄 해협
  • Latin: Fretum Yucatanense
  • Latvian: Jukatanas šaurums
  • Lithuanian: Jukatano sąsiauris
  • Macedonian: Јукатански Проток
  • Newari: युकाटन जलसन्धि
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Yucatánstredet
  • Norwegian: Yucatánstredet
  • Occitan (post 1500): Canau de Yucatan
  • Persian: تنگه یوکاتان
  • Persian: کانال یوکاتان
  • Polish: Cieśnina Jukatańska
  • Portuguese: Canal de Iucatã
  • Portuguese: Canal de Iucatão
  • Portuguese: Canal do Iucatã
  • Portuguese: Canal do Iucatão
  • Portuguese: Estreito do Iucatão
  • Russian: Юкатан
  • Russian: Юкатанский пролив
  • Serbian: Јукатански канал
  • Slovak: Yucatánsky prieliv
  • Spanish: Canal de Yucatan
  • Spanish: Canal de Yucatán
  • Swahili: Mlangobahari wa Yucatan
  • Swedish: Yucatan Channel
  • Swedish: Yucatánkanalen
  • Thai: ช่องแคบยูกาตัน
  • Turkish: Yucatan Boğazı
  • Turkish: Yucatán Boğazı
  • Turkish: Yucatan Kanalı
  • Turkish: Yucatán Kanalı
  • Ukrainian: Юкатанська протока
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển Yucatan
  • Vietnamese: Eo biển Yucatán
  • Waray (Philippines): Canal han Yucatán
  • Wu Chinese: 尤卡坦海峡
  • Yue Chinese: 尤卡坦海峽

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