Tigres Strait | |
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Estreito dos Tigres ( Portuguese) | |
Coordinates | 16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Angola |
Max. length | 35 km (22 mi) |
Max. width | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Islands | Tigres Island |
References | [1] |
The Tigres Strait, formerly known as Tigres Bay or Great Fish Bay, is a strait in Angola, located in Namibe Province, serving as a separation between the Angolan mainland and the Tigres Island. [2] [3]
It once had a small peninsula on its eastern side, with its isthmus in the south and a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: São Martinho dos Tigres). The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula in 1962 and the water line was severed. [4] Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola. [5]
Currently, most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay, only a small inlet open to the north —the Saco dos Tigres— remains at the southern end. [6]
Tigres Strait | |
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Estreito dos Tigres ( Portuguese) | |
Coordinates | 16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E |
Ocean/sea sources | Atlantic Ocean |
Basin countries | Angola |
Max. length | 35 km (22 mi) |
Max. width | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
Islands | Tigres Island |
References | [1] |
The Tigres Strait, formerly known as Tigres Bay or Great Fish Bay, is a strait in Angola, located in Namibe Province, serving as a separation between the Angolan mainland and the Tigres Island. [2] [3]
It once had a small peninsula on its eastern side, with its isthmus in the south and a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: São Martinho dos Tigres). The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula in 1962 and the water line was severed. [4] Tigres became an island overnight, Tigres Island, the largest island of Angola. [5]
Currently, most of the area of the former bay has become a strait between the island and the mainland. Of the original bay, only a small inlet open to the north —the Saco dos Tigres— remains at the southern end. [6]