Yucatan Channel

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

Yucatan Channel

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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
node 4790040676
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
3514209
Wiki­data ID
Q193260

Satellite Map

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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”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Yukatan”
  • 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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