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• Inner Sound
  The '''Inner Sound''' is a strait separating the [[Inner Hebrides|Inner Hebridean]] islands of [[Skye]], [[Ra ...to the straight on the west of Raasay, ''An Linne Rathairseach'' (known in English as the [[Sound of Raasay]]). Together, the two sounds, the Inner Sound and
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• Hermetray
  ...the ''Seòlaid na h-Eala'' and close to North Uist.<ref name=smith/> This strait is named after the ''Eala Bhàn'' (white swan), a famous 17th century ''bir ...by its Gaelic name of "Thernatraigh", pronounced much the same way as the English name.
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• George VI Sound
  '''George VI Sound''' or '''King George VI Sound''' is a long sea strait in the [[British Antarctic Territory]] separating the mainland of [[Palmer ...r Land]], with the island to the west and the [[English Coast, Palmer Land|English Coast]] of Palmer Land to the east. Various lakes are found adjacent to the
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• Walcott, Norfolk
  ...he Anglo-Saxon 'cot' meaning 'cottage, hut, shelter or den'.<ref>'Guide to English Place Names', Nottingham University, online [http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/m ...0 BC the North Sea was first connected to the English Channel via a narrow strait. Eventually there were wide inter-tidal estuaries around Norfolk,<ref>Shenn
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• Aitcho Islands
  [[File:Cecilia-Island.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Cecilia Island from English Strait]] ...]]. These islands lie on the west side of the north entrance to [[English Strait]], which separates [[Greenwich Island]] from [[Robert Island]], situated be
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• Carroll Inlet
  ...r ice-bound strait in the [[British Antarctic Territory]], lying off the [[English Coast]]. It is 40 nautical miles long and 6 nautical miles wide, trending
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• Sound of Islay
  The '''Sound of Islay''' is a narrow strait between the islands of [[Islay]] and [[Jura]] in the [[Inner Hebrides]] and ...etwixt it and Duray, lyes ane ile, callit in Erische Leid Ellan Charne, in English the iyle of Earne".<ref>Monro (1549) "Earne Isle" No. 56</ref>
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• Coppermine Peninsula
  The peninsula lies between [[English Strait]] to the west and [[Carlota Cove]] to the east. It is linked to the penins ...ula and of Robert Island and thus the north-west entrance point of English Strait.
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• Huby, West Riding
  |picture=Strait Lane - viewed from Crag Lane - geograph.org.uk - 4258005.jpg |picture caption=Strait Lane, Huby (2014)
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• Drake Passage
  ...isbn = 978-1-844-13762-6|page=46}}</ref> This incident demonstrated to the English that there was open water south of South America.<ref name="Martinic2019">{
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