🚤 Irbe Strait

Other · Europe · 57.80°N, 22.21°E

Irbe Strait, also known as Irben Strait, forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea, between the Sõrve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland Peninsula in Latvia. It is 27 km (17 mi) wide at its narrowest point. A shipping channel has been dredged along its southern shore to allow larger ships to pass.

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Quick facts

Country	Other
Continent / region	Europe
Coordinates (approx.)	57.80°N, 22.21°E · view on map

Irbe Strait is located in Other, in Europe.

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