Drake's only remaining ship, after having passed through the Strait of Magellan, was blown far south in September 1578.

The Strait of Malacca joins the Pacific and the Indian Oceans on the west, and Drake Passage and the Strait of Magellan link the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean on the east.

Afterwards, they continued to sail south along South America's east coast, looking for the strait that Magellan believed would lead to the Spice Islands.

They went further south to the Strait of Magellan and then returned to Brazil, where they lost most of the crew in a battle against the Portuguese at the Village of Vitória.

The Magellan probe, which mapped the planet Venus from 1990 to 1994, was named after Magellan.

See also Francis Drake García de Nodal Strait of Magellan Beagle Channel Bransfield Strait Sars Bank Elizabeth Island References External links National Oceanography Centre, Southampton page of the important and complex bathymetry of the Passage A personal story describing crossing the Passage A NASA image of an eddy in the Passage Larger scale images of the passage from the US Navy (Rain, ice edge and wind images)

Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia.

On the morning of 27 April 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small attack force.

The Sunda Strait (Indonesian Selat Sunda ) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

After this experience, Magellan decided to wait for a few weeks more before resuming the voyage.

The Strait of Tiran and Tiran Island.

The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait from July 21, 1995 to March 23, 1996.

Victoria Strait is a strait in northern Canada that lies in Nunavut off the mainland in the Arctic Ocean.

Europe Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar

Europe Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar

On 22 March 1518 the king named Magellan and Faleiro captains so that they could travel in search of the Spice Islands in July.

No one can stop Iran from threatening the Strait of Hormuz.

This has increasingly become the biggest obstacle to the growth of cross Strait relations, as well as the biggest immediate threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

Project for a Europe Africa permanent link through the Strait of Gibraltar

So is support for distinct countries on each side of the Taiwan Strait.

It is separated from the east coast of Sumatra by the Berhala Strait.

This senseless political warfare has hampered cross strait economic relations.

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The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba.

A narrower Nares Strait connects Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean.

To the south is the Ombai Strait, and 72 km away, the island of Timor.

Bangka lies just east of Sumatra, separated by the Bangka Strait to the north lies the South China Sea, to the east, across the Gaspar Strait, is the island of Belitung, and to the south is the Java Sea.

During World War II, the Battle of the Denmark Strait took place on 24 May 1941.

The city is located on the British Columbia Coast and sits on the Strait of Georgia.

Though reunification is yet to be realized between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the fact that both the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China has never been changed, and this is the status quo of cross Strait relations.

To the north, the Bering Strait connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean.

It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea.

Indeed, even China s firing of missiles into the Taiwan Strait in 1996 did not change US policy.

Today, the greatest prospect of a destabilizing incident lies in the complex relationships across the Taiwan Strait.

Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor.

In the south the Endeavour Strait is located between Prince of Wales Island (Muralug) and the mainland.

On Tasmania and the islands of the Bass Strait it is the only native black coloured cockatoo.

We have always advocated cross Strait dialogues and negotiations on the basis of the one China principle.

Several problems arose during the preparation of the trip, including lack of money, the king of Portugal trying to stop them, Magellan and other Portuguese incurring suspicion from the Spanish, and the difficult nature of Faleiro.

On 4 March 2005, President Hu Jintao set forth four point guidelines on cross Strait relations under the new circumstances, which have been warmly acclaimed by the compatriots on both sides of the Strait and received wide attention in the world.

From the Suez Canal, the route to Indonesia is shorter via the Malacca Strait.

A proactive role for the United Nations in maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in the cross border region of Australia and Papua New Guinea

In Japan, the strait is named after Mamiya Rinzō, who traveled to the strait in 1808 whereof the name was introduced by Philipp Franz von Siebold in his book Nippon Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan (1832 54).