The Strait of Magellan
Q. What country lies above the Strait of Magellan?
Chile
Table of Contents
- Q. What country lies above the Strait of Magellan?
- Q. How many miles long is the Strait of Magellan?
- Q. Who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went to southern tip of South America?
- Q. Where is the Strait of Malacca?
- Q. What is the busiest strait in the world?
- Q. What is the largest strait in the world?
- Q. What is the deepest strait in the world?
- Q. How deep is the Molloy Deep?
- Q. What is the shallowest ocean?
- Q. What ocean has the most trenches?
- Q. Which ocean is deep?
Q. How many miles long is the Strait of Magellan?
330 nautical miles
Q. Who crossed the Atlantic Ocean and went to southern tip of South America?
The Strait of Magellan, as it became known, is located near the tip of South America, separating Tierra del Fuego and the continental mainland. Only three ships entered the passage; one had been wrecked and another deserted.
Q. Where is the Strait of Malacca?
Strait of Malacca, waterway connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean). It runs between the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the west and peninsular (West) Malaysia and extreme southern Thailand to the east and has an area of about 25,000 square miles (65,000 square km).
Q. What is the busiest strait in the world?
Dover Strait
Q. What is the largest strait in the world?
Longest strait of world – Strait of Malacca which separates Malay peninsula from Sumatra island of Indonesia.
Q. What is the deepest strait in the world?
The Lombok Strait (Indonesian: Selat Lombok), is a strait connecting the Java Sea to the Indian Ocean, and is located between the islands of Bali and Lombok in Indonesia. The Gili Islands are on the Lombok side….
Lombok Strait | |
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Average depth | 250 m (820 ft) |
Islands | Bali Lombok Gili Islands Nusa Penida |
Q. How deep is the Molloy Deep?
It is the location of the deepest point in the Arctic Ocean. The outer rim of the trench is at a depth of 2,700 m (8,900 ft) and contains about 600 km2 inside the rim, descending to approximately 5,550 m (18,210 ft) at its greatest depth.
Q. What is the shallowest ocean?
The Arctic Ocean is the shallowest (mean depth 1361 m) and has significantly larger continental shelves than other oceans. The deep central Arctic Ocean Basin consists of four abyssal plains separated by submarine ridges.
Q. What ocean has the most trenches?
the Pacific Ocean
Q. Which ocean is deep?
western Pacific Ocean