In October 1347, in Messina, Sicily, the Black Death first arrived in Europe.

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

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.

However, after crossing the Straits of Messina, the expedition was stopped at Aspromonte (known as the Aspromonte incident of 1862) by Italian troops.

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

In 1548 St. Ignatius founded there the first Jesuit college in the world, which later gave birth to the Studium Generale (the current University of Messina).

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

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.

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.

The largest plain is that in the area between Milazzo and Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which, together with Messina, form a metropolitan area of some 500,000 inhabitants, one of the largest in southern Italy.

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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.

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).

Aboriginal Hostels provide 3,300 beds for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.

The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.

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

Hans Island, in the Nares Strait east of Ellesmere Island, is a territory currently contested between Canada and Denmark.

On 6 March 2009, Silvio Berlusconi's government declared that the construction works for the Messina Bridge will begin on 23 December 2009, and announced a pledge of 1.3 billion as a contribution to the bridge's total cost, estimated at 6.1 billion.