Strait of Juan de Fuca
The Strait of Juan de Fuca is a body of water about 96 miles long that is the Salish Sea's main outlet to the Pacific Ocean. The international boundary between Canada and the United States runs down the centre of the Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait between Canada and the United States
- Also known as: “Fuca”, “Juan de Fuca Strait”, “San Juan de Fuca”, “Strait of Fuca”, and “Straits of Juan de Fuca”
Strait of Juan de Fuca
- Categories: channel and body of water
- Location: Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Strait of Juan de Fuca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق خوان دي فوكا”
- Azerbaijani: “Xuan de Fuka boğazı”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Хуан-дэ-Фука”
- Belarusian: “Хуан-дэ-Фука”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor Juan de Fuca”
- Bulgarian: “Хуан де Фука (проток)”
- Bulgarian: “Хуан де Фука”
- Catalan: “estret de Juan de Fuca”
- Catalan: “Estret de Juan de Fuca”
- Cebuano: “Juan de Fuca Strait”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Juan de Fuca (agianan)”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Juan de Fuca”
- Chinese: “胡安·德·富卡海峡”
- Chinese: “胡安·德·富卡海峽”
- Chinese: “胡安·德富卡海峡”
- Czech: “Juan de Fuca Strait”
- Czech: “průliv Juana de Fuca”
- Czech: “Strait of Juan de Fuca”
- Czech: “úžina Juana de Fucy”
- Czech: “Úžina Juana de Fucy”
- Danish: “Juan de Fucastrædet”
- Dutch: “Juan de Fuca-straat”
- Dutch: “Straat van Juan de Fuca”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Juan de Fuca”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Juan de Fuca”
- Finnish: “Juan de Fucan salmi”
- French: “détroit de Juan de Fuca”
- French: “Détroit de Juan de Fuca”
- Galician: “Estreito de Juan de Fuca”
- Georgian: “ხუან-დე-ფუკა”
- German: “Juan de Fuca Strait”
- German: “Juan-de-Fuca-Meerenge”
- German: “Juan-de-Fuca-Strasse”
- German: “Juan-de-Fuca-Straße”
- German: “Meerenge von Juan-de-Fuca”
- German: “Strait of Juan de Fuca”
- German: “Straße von Juan-de-Fuca”
- Greek: “Πορθμός του Ιωάννη Φωκά”
- Hebrew: “מיצר חואן דה פוקה”
- Hindi: “जुआन डि फूका जलसन्धि”
- Hindi: “ह्वान डि फ़ूका जलसन्धि”
- Italian: “Stretto di Juan de Fuca”
- Japanese: “ファン・デ・フーカ海峡”
- Japanese: “ファン・デ・フカ海峡”
- Japanese: “フアン・デ・フカ海峡”
- Japanese: “ファンデフーカ海峡”
- Japanese: “ファンデフカ海峡”
- Korean: “후안 데 푸카 해협”
- Korean: “후안데푸카 해협”
- Kurdish: “Tengava Juan-de-Fuca”
- Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا ژوان-دە-فوجا”
- Lithuanian: “Chuano de Fukos sąsiauris”
- Newari: “जुआन डि फूका जलसन्धि”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Juan de Fucasundet”
- Norwegian: “Juan de Fucasundet”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Juana de Fuca”
- Polish: “Juan de Fuca”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Juan de Fuca”
- Russian: “Хуан-де-Фука”
- Slovenian: “Preliv Juana de Fuce”
- Spanish: “estrecho de Juan de Fuca”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Juan de Fuca”
- Swedish: “Juan de Fuca Strait”
- Swedish: “Juan de Fucasundet”
- Swedish: “Strait of Juan de Fuca”
- Turkish: “Juan de Fuca Boğazı”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Juan de Fuca”
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