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** NOTE: the open-ocean passageway, around the very tip of South America is called "Drake's Passage", named for English explorer Francis Drake who circumnavigated the globe
** NOTE: the open-ocean passageway, around the very tip of South America is called "Drake's Passage", named for English explorer Francis Drake who circumnavigated the globe
* '''Strait of Hormuz'''
* '''Strait of Hormuz'''
* '''Bass Strait'''
** between Australia and Tasmania
* '''Bering Strait'''
* '''Bering Strait'''
* '''Strait of Messina'''
* '''Strait of Messina'''