Mozambique Channel

The Mozambique Channel is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of and . The channel is about 1,700 km long and 419 km across at its narrowest point, and reaches a depth of 3,292 m about 230 km off the coast of Mozambique.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique
  • Also known as: “Canal du Mozambique / Canal de Moçambique”

Mozambique Channel

Latitude
-18.00004° or 18° 0′ 0″ south
Longitude
40.99998° or 40° 59′ 60″ east
Open location code
5HH2XXXX+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9907748735
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­strait
Wiki­data ID
Q165100
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Satellite Map

Discover Mozambique Channel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Mozambique Channel” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Mosambiekkanaal”
  • Albanian: “Kanali i Mozambikut”
  • Arabic: “قناة موزمبيق”
  • Arabic: “قناة موزنبيق”
  • Armenian: “Մոզամբիկի նեղուց”
  • Asturian: “Canal de Mozambique”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mozambik boğazı”
  • Bashkir: “Мозамбик боғаҙы”
  • Basque: “Mozambikeko kanala”
  • Bavarian: “Stroß vo Mosambik”
  • Belarusian: “Мазамбікскі праліў”
  • Belarusian: “Мазамбіцкая пратока”
  • Bengali: “মোজাম্বিক প্রণালি”
  • Bengali: “মোজাম্বিক প্রণালী”
  • Bosnian: “Mozambički kanal”
  • Breton: “Kanol Mozambik”
  • Bulgarian: “Мозамбикски пролив”
  • Bulgarian: “Мозамбикски проток”
  • Catalan: “canal de Moçambic”
  • Catalan: “Canal de Moçambic”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەناڵی مۆزامبیک”
  • Chinese: “莫三比克海峽”
  • Chinese: “莫三鼻給海峽”
  • Chinese: “莫桑比克海峡”
  • Chinese: “莫桑比克海峽”
  • Croatian: “Mozambički kanal”
  • Czech: “Mosambický průliv”
  • Danish: “Mozambique Channel”
  • Danish: “Mozambique-kanalen”
  • Danish: “Mozambiquekanalen”
  • Dutch: “Kanaal van Mozambique”
  • Dutch: “Straat Mozambique”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Mozambique”
  • Esperanto: “Kanalo de Mozambiko”
  • Esperanto: “Mozambika kanalo”
  • Esperanto: “Mozambika Kanalo”
  • Esperanto: “Mozambika markolo”
  • Estonian: “Mosambiigi väin”
  • Finnish: “Mosambikin kanaali”
  • French: “canal de Mozambique”
  • French: “canal du Mozambique”
  • French: “Canal du Mozambique”
  • Galician: “Canle de Mozambique”
  • Georgian: “მოზამბიკის სრუტე”
  • German: “Kanal von Mosambik”
  • German: “Mocambique-Kanal”
  • German: “Moçambique-Kanal”
  • German: “Mosambik-Kanal”
  • German: “Mozambik-Kanal”
  • German: “Mozambique-Kanal”
  • German: “Straße von Mocambique”
  • German: “Strasse von Mosambik”
  • German: “Straße von Mosambik”
  • Greek: “Κανάλι της Μοζαμβίκης”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מוזמביק”
  • Hindi: “मोज़ामबीक जलसन्धि”
  • Hindi: “मोजाम्बिक जलसन्धि”
  • Hungarian: “Mozambiki-csatorna”
  • Icelandic: “Mósambíksund”
  • Inari Sami: “Mosambikkaanaal”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Mozambik”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Mozambique”
  • Irish: “Caolas Mhósaimbíc”
  • Italian: “Canale del Mozambico”
  • Italian: “Canale di Mozambico”
  • Japanese: “モザンビーク海峡”
  • Kara-Kalpak: “Mozambik buǵazı”
  • Kazakh: “Mozambïk buğazı”
  • Kazakh: “Мозамбик бұғазы”
  • Kazakh: “موزامبىيك بۇعازى”
  • Kirghiz: “Мозамбик кысыгы”
  • Korean: “모잠비크 해협”
  • Latin: “Fretum Mozambicense”
  • Latvian: “Mozambikas šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Mozambiko sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Мозамбички Канал”
  • Macedonian: “Мозамбички Проток”
  • Malagasy: “Lakandranon’ i Môzambika”
  • Malagasy: “Lakandranon’i Mozambika”
  • Mingrelian: “მოზამბიკიშ საროტი”
  • Mongolian: “Мозамбикийн хоолой”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لقناة د موزامبيق”
  • Newari: “मोजाम्बिक जलसन्धि”
  • Northern Frisian: “Struat faan Mosambik”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mosambikkanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosambik-kanalen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mosambikkanalen”
  • Norwegian: “Mosambikkanalen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canal de Moçambic”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Canau de Moçambic”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੋਜ਼ੈਂਬੀਕ ਨਹਿਰ”
  • Persian: “آبراه موزامبیک”
  • Persian: “ابراه موزامبیک”
  • Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
  • Persian: “کانال موزامبیک”
  • Polish: “Kanał Mozambicki”
  • Portuguese: “Canal de Moçambique”
  • Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Mozambic”
  • Russian: “Мозамбикский пролив”
  • Scots: “Mozambique Channel”
  • Serbian: “Canal de Moçambique”
  • Serbian: “Mozambički kanal”
  • Serbian: “Мозамбички канал”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mozambički kanal”
  • Silesian: “Kanau Mozambicki”
  • Slovak: “Mozambický prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “Mozambiški kanal”
  • Slovenian: “Mozambiški preliv”
  • South Azerbaijani: “موزامبیک بوغازی”
  • Spanish: “Canal de Mozambique”
  • Swahili: “Mfereji wa Msumbiji”
  • Swedish: “Moçambique-kanalen”
  • Swedish: “Mocambiquekanalen”
  • Swedish: “Moçambiquekanalen”
  • Swedish: “Mozambiquekanalen”
  • Tamil: “மொசாம்பிக் கால்வாய்”
  • Tatar: “Мозамбик бугазы”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบโมซัมบิก”
  • Turkish: “Mozambik Kanalı”
  • Ukrainian: “Мозамбікська протока”
  • Ukrainian: “Мозамбіцька протока”
  • Urdu: “رودبار موزمبیق”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik Bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik Bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik Bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik boʻgʻozi”
  • Uzbek: “Mozambik Boʻgʻozi”
  • Vietnamese: “eo biển Mozambique”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Mozambique”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kanal han Mozambique”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Mozambique Channel”
  • Welsh: “Sianel Mosambic”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Mozambyk”
  • Western Panjabi: “رودبار موزمبیق”
  • Wu Chinese: “莫桑比克海峽”
  • Yue Chinese: “莫三鼻給海峽”

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