Strait of Georgia
The Strait of Georgia or the Georgia Strait is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme northwestern mainland coast of Washington, United States.
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- Description: strait in North America
- Also known as“Georgia Basin”“Georgia Strait”“Gran Canal de Nuestra Senora del Rosario la Marinera”“Gulf of Georgia”
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Latitude
48.83149° or 48° 49′ 53″ north
Longitude
-122.94463° or 122° 56′ 41″ west
Open location code
84WVR3J4+H4
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Strait of Georgia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق جورجيا”
- Armenian: “Ջորջիայի նեղուց”
- Asturian: “Estrechu de Georgia”
- Asturian: “estrechu de Xeorxa”
- Azerbaijani: “Corciya boğazı”
- Belarusian: “Джорджыя”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Джорджыі”
- Belarusian: “пратока Джорджыі”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor Georgia”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджия (проток)”
- Bulgarian: “Джорджия”
- Catalan: “Estret de Geòrgia”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Georgia (agianan sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Georgia”
- Chinese: “乔治亚海峡”
- Czech: “Strait of Georgia”
- Danish: “Georgiastrædet”
- Dutch: “Straat van Georgia”
- Dutch: “Strait of Georgia”
- Esperanto: “Georgia Markolo”
- Finnish: “Georgiansalmi”
- French: “bassin de Georgia”
- French: “Détroit de Géorgie”
- Galician: “estreito de Xeorxia”
- German: “Strasse von Georgia”
- German: “Straße von Georgia”
- Greek: “Πορθμός της Γεωργίας”
- Greek: “Τζώρτζια Στρέιτ”
- Hebrew: “מצר ג’ורג’יה”
- Indonesian: “Selat Georgia”
- Italian: “Stretto di Georgia”
- Japanese: “ジョージア海峡”
- Korean: “조지아 해협”
- Lithuanian: “Džordžijos sąsiauris”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Georgiasundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Georgiasundet”
- Norwegian: “Georgiasundet”
- Ossetian: “Джорджийы донкъубал”
- Persian: “تنگه جورجیا”
- Polish: “Strait of Georgia”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Geórgia”
- Russian: “Георгиевский пролив”
- Russian: “Пролив Джорджии (Джорджия)”
- Russian: “Пролив Джорджии”
- Russian: “пролив Джорджия”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Georgia”
- Slovak: “Strait of Georgia”
- Slovenian: “Georgijski preliv”
- Slovenian: “Strait of Georgia”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Georgia”
- Swedish: “Georgiasundet”
- Swedish: “Strait of Georgia”
- Tamil: “சியார்சியா நீர் சந்தி”
- Turkish: “Georgia Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Джорджія”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Georgia”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alden Point and Alden Point Lighthouse.
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