Windward Passage
The Windward Passage is a strait in the Caribbean Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. The strait specifically lies between the easternmost region of Cuba and the northwest of Haiti.- Marine channel
- Description: strait
- Also known as“Canal du Môle”“Paso de los Vientos”“Passe du Vent”“Windward Channel”
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Latitude
20° north
Longitude
-73.83333° or 73° 50′ west
Open location code
77G82528+2M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Windward Passage” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ممر ويندوارد”
- Azerbaijani: “Külək üstü boğazı”
- Azerbaijani: “Külək üstü”
- Basque: “Haizearen pasaia”
- Belarusian: “Наветраная пратока”
- Belarusian: “Наветраны праліў”
- Catalan: “Windward Passage”
- Cebuano: “Windward Passage (agianan nga kadagatan)”
- Cebuano: “Windward Passage”
- Chinese: “向風海峽”
- Chinese: “向风海峡”
- Croatian: “Privjetrinski prolaz”
- Czech: “Návětrný průliv”
- Danish: “Windward Passage”
- Dutch: “Windward Passage”
- Esperanto: “Venta Markolo”
- Estonian: “Tuulepealne väin”
- French: “passage du Vent”
- French: “Passage du Vent”
- German: “Paso de los Vientos”
- German: “Passage der Winde”
- German: “Windward Passage”
- German: “Windward-Passage”
- Hebrew: “מעבר וינדוורד”
- Italian: “canale Sopravento”
- Italian: “Canale Sopravento”
- Japanese: “ウィンドワード海峡”
- Japanese: “ウインドワード海峡”
- Japanese: “ウィンワード海峡”
- Japanese: “ロス・ビエントス水道”
- Korean: “윈드워드 해협”
- Latvian: “Vējpuses šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Priešvėjinis sąsiauris”
- Macedonian: “Приветрен Премин”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Windwardpassasjen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windward Passage”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Windward-passasjen”
- Norwegian: “Windwardpassasjen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Windward Passage”
- Persian: “آبراهه بادگیر”
- Persian: “گذرگاه ویندوارد”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Wiatrów”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Zawietrzna”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Barlavento”
- Portuguese: “Paso de los Vientos”
- Portuguese: “Passagem de Barlavento”
- Russian: “Наветренный пролив”
- Slovak: “Prieliv Windward”
- Slovak: “Windwardský prieliv”
- Spanish: “Paso de los Vientos”
- Spanish: “Paso Windward”
- Swedish: “Windwardpassagen”
- Turkish: “Rüzgarüstü Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Навітряна протока”
- Western Frisian: “Boppewynske Passaazje”
- Western Frisian: “Windwardpassaazje”
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