Yucatan Channel
The Yucatán Channel or the Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean Sea with the Gulf of Mexico.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Strait
- Description: strait between Mexico and Cuba
- Also known as“Channel of Yucatan”“Estrecho de Yucatán”“Strait of Yucatán”“Yucatán”“Yucatán Strait”“Yucatan Strasse”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
21.72° or 21° 43′ 12″ north
Longitude
-85.812° or 85° 48′ 43″ west
Open location code
76HPP59Q+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = strait
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Yucatan Channel” goes by many names.
Straat van YucatánAfrikaans
قناة يوكاتانArabic
Յուկատանի նեղուցArmenian
Canal de YucatánAsturian
Yukatan boğazıAzerbaijani
Юкатан боғаҙыBashkir
Yucatángo itsasarteaBasque
Юкатанская пратокаBelarusian
Юкатанскі праліўBelarusian
ইয়ুকাতান প্রণালীBengali
Юкатански протокBulgarian
Canal de YucatánCatalan
Yucatan ChannelCebuano
Юкатанан хидоькъеChechen
尤卡坦海峡Chinese
尤卡坦海峽Chinese
Yucatánski prolazCroatian
Yucatánský průlivCzech
Yukatánský průlivCzech
Straat van YucatánDutch
Straat YucatánDutch
Jukatana MarkoloEsperanto
Yucatáni väinEstonian
Jukatanin kanaaliFinnish
Canle do IucatánGalician
იუკატანის სრუტეGeorgian
Κανάλι του ΓιουκατάνGreek
תעלת יוקטןHebrew
युकाटन जलसन्धिHindi
Selat YukatanIndonesian
Canale dello YucatánItalian
ユカタン海峡Japanese
Yukatan buğazıKazakh
Юкатан БұғазыKazakh
يۋكاتان بۇعازىKazakh
유카탄 해협Korean
Fretum YucatanenseLatin
Jukatanas šaurumsLatvian
Jukatano sąsiaurisLithuanian
Јукатански ПротокMacedonian
युकाटन जलसन्धिNewari
YucatánstredetNorwegian
YucatánstredetNorwegian Bokmål
Canau de YucatanOccitan (post 1500)
تنگه یوکاتانPersian
کانال یوکاتانPersian
Cieśnina JukatańskaPolish
ЮкатанRussian
Юкатанский проливRussian
Јукатански каналSerbian
Yucatánsky prielivSlovak
Mlangobahari wa YucatanSwahili
Yucatan ChannelSwedish
YucatánkanalenSwedish
ช่องแคบยูกาตันThai
Yucatán BoğazıTurkish
Yucatán KanalıTurkish
Юкатанська протокаUkrainian
Eo biển YucatánVietnamese
Canal han YucatánWaray (Philippines)
尤卡坦海峡Wu Chinese
尤卡坦海峽Yue Chinese
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