Seymour Narrows
Seymour Narrows is a 5-kilometre section of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia known for strong tidal currents. Discovery Passage lies between Vancouver Island at Menzies Bay, British Columbia and Quadra Island except at its northern end where the eastern shoreline is Sonora Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ripple Rock.
Ripple Rock
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ripple Rock is an underwater mountain located in the Seymour Narrows of the Discovery Passage in British Columbia, Canada. It had two peaks that produced large, dangerous eddies from the strong tidal currents that flowed around them at low tide.
Seymour Narrows
- Type: Channel
- Description: narrows in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: narrows and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Seymour Narrows” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Seymour Narrows”
- Chinese: “西摩海峽”
- French: “Seymour Narrows”
- German: “Seymour Narrows”
- Japanese: “セイモア海峡”
- Swedish: “Seymour Narrows”
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