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Icebergs
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-05-28 20:07:06]]>

Icebergs
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By: milwhcky
@ 2007-05-28 20:07:06]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebergs-3/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebergs-3/ Mon, 28 May 2007 20:07:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/icebergs-3/ 69.11769200 -50.73228800

Strait of Messina
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By: FabFour
@ 2006-10-30 11:02:07
Here's where a suspension bridge should join Sicily and Calabria (southern tip of Italy). Construction was to begin in 2006 but Italian new government has stopped the project because of the strong opposition from part of local population and ecologist movements, concerned about enviromental risks and the high cost of the work.]]>

Strait of Messina
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By: FabFour
@ 2006-10-30 11:02:07
Here's where a suspension bridge should join Sicily and Calabria (southern tip of Italy). Construction was to begin in 2006 but Italian new government has stopped the project because of the strong opposition from part of local population and ecologist movements, concerned about enviromental risks and the high cost of the work.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-messina/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-messina/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 11:02:07 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-messina/ 38.24411200 15.63320200

Palk Strait
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-05 06:07:33
Channel 40-85 miles (64-137 km) wide separating northern Sri Lanka from southern India.]]>

Palk Strait
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-05 06:07:33
Channel 40-85 miles (64-137 km) wide separating northern Sri Lanka from southern India.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/palk-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/palk-strait/ Mon, 05 Dec 2005 06:07:33 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/palk-strait/ 10.06081100 79.95849600

The Narrows
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-02 09:46:12
The channel between Mary Point on St. John island and Great Thatch Island of the British Virgin Islands.]]>

The Narrows
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-12-02 09:46:12
The channel between Mary Point on St. John island and Great Thatch Island of the British Virgin Islands.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-narrows/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-narrows/ Fri, 02 Dec 2005 09:46:12 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/the-narrows/ 18.37684500 -64.73968500

Hormuz strait
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By: dda
@ 2005-11-08 20:09:41]]>

Hormuz strait
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By: dda
@ 2005-11-08 20:09:41]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hormuz-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hormuz-strait/ Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:09:41 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/hormuz-strait/ 26.56396300 56.57959000

Multi-thruster boat in Clarence Strait
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By: romulusnr
@ 2005-11-07 15:16:32]]>

Multi-thruster boat in Clarence Strait
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By: romulusnr
@ 2005-11-07 15:16:32]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/multi-thruster-boat-in-clarence-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/multi-thruster-boat-in-clarence-strait/ Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:16:32 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/multi-thruster-boat-in-clarence-strait/ 55.62470100 -132.22075900

Furber Strait
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-11-07 08:43:17
Where the Little Bay flows into Great Bay between the Adams Point peninsula on the west and an unnamed cape of the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the east.]]>

Furber Strait
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By: AKpilotEMT
@ 2005-11-07 08:43:17
Where the Little Bay flows into Great Bay between the Adams Point peninsula on the west and an unnamed cape of the Great Bay National Wildlife Refuge on the east.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/furber-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/furber-strait/ Mon, 07 Nov 2005 08:43:17 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/furber-strait/ 43.09083000 -70.86113000

Spanish gun battery overlooking the Straits of Gibralter
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-09-30 11:15:26
I can't find any reference to this battery. It looks like it consisted of sixteen fixed or disaprearing guns arrayed in a fan so that each gun in succession would come to bear on ships passing in and out of the strait. Probably from the late nineteenth century.]]>

Spanish gun battery overlooking the Straits of Gibralter
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By: kjfitz
@ 2005-09-30 11:15:26
I can't find any reference to this battery. It looks like it consisted of sixteen fixed or disaprearing guns arrayed in a fan so that each gun in succession would come to bear on ships passing in and out of the strait. Probably from the late nineteenth century.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-gun-battery-overlooking-the-straits-of-gibralter/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-gun-battery-overlooking-the-straits-of-gibralter/ Fri, 30 Sep 2005 11:15:26 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/spanish-gun-battery-overlooking-the-straits-of-gibralter/ 35.90300800 -5.35553500

Strait of Magellan
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By: Kooothor
@ 2005-08-27 07:40:48
The famous explorator used to pass troughout this little and very dangerous way.]]>

Strait of Magellan
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By: Kooothor
@ 2005-08-27 07:40:48
The famous explorator used to pass troughout this little and very dangerous way.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-magellan/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-magellan/ Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:40:48 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/strait-of-magellan/ -52.47608900 -69.51049800

Bosphorus Bridge
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2005-08-06 11:25:37
Suspension bridge from Europe to Asia, built 1970-74.]]>

Bosphorus Bridge
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By: Hinkkanen
@ 2005-08-06 11:25:37
Suspension bridge from Europe to Asia, built 1970-74.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosphorus-bridge/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosphorus-bridge/ Sat, 06 Aug 2005 11:25:37 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosphorus-bridge/ 41.09022000 29.05896700

Passage du Gois
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By: kaicarver
@ 2005-06-28 05:29:35
This 4.5-km road to the island/peninsula of Noirmoutier, on the Atlantic coast, can only be used at low tide. Otherwise, use boat, plane, or bridge (visible at bottom left, built in 1971).]]>

Passage du Gois
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By: kaicarver
@ 2005-06-28 05:29:35
This 4.5-km road to the island/peninsula of Noirmoutier, on the Atlantic coast, can only be used at low tide. Otherwise, use boat, plane, or bridge (visible at bottom left, built in 1971).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/passage-du-gois/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/passage-du-gois/ Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:29:35 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/passage-du-gois/ 46.91162100 -2.13478100

Euripus Strait
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By: yubyub41
@ 2005-06-23 14:04:20
A strait of water seperating the island of Euboea from mainland Greece. Considered to be the narrowest strait (between two large bodies of land) in the world. (Zoom out to see how small the strait is in comparison to the island it is seperating).]]>

Euripus Strait
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By: yubyub41
@ 2005-06-23 14:04:20
A strait of water seperating the island of Euboea from mainland Greece. Considered to be the narrowest strait (between two large bodies of land) in the world. (Zoom out to see how small the strait is in comparison to the island it is seperating).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/euripus-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/euripus-strait/ Thu, 23 Jun 2005 14:04:20 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/euripus-strait/ 38.46292000 23.58921300

Dardanelles Strait
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By: hkfczrqj
@ 2005-06-22 23:02:50]]>

Dardanelles Strait
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By: hkfczrqj
@ 2005-06-22 23:02:50]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dardanelles-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dardanelles-strait/ Wed, 22 Jun 2005 23:02:50 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/dardanelles-strait/ 40.28274500 26.54708900

Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
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By: hkfczrqj
@ 2005-06-22 22:53:29
The strait separates Africa (Djibouti) and Asia (Yemen).]]>

Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
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By: hkfczrqj
@ 2005-06-22 22:53:29
The strait separates Africa (Djibouti) and Asia (Yemen).]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bab-el-mandeb-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bab-el-mandeb-strait/ Wed, 22 Jun 2005 22:53:29 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bab-el-mandeb-strait/ 12.63427700 43.39599600

Bosporus Strait
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By: yubyub41
@ 2005-06-22 20:37:25
Channel connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea (via the Sea of Mamara). Also divides Europe from Asia. Two bridges cross the Bosporus, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, and the Bosporus Bridge.]]>

Bosporus Strait
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By: yubyub41
@ 2005-06-22 20:37:25
Channel connecting the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea (via the Sea of Mamara). Also divides Europe from Asia. Two bridges cross the Bosporus, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, and the Bosporus Bridge.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosporus-strait/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosporus-strait/ Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:37:25 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/bosporus-strait/ 41.07307400 29.05471800