Yucatan Channel - Yucatan Channel

Japanese: ユカタン海峡 - ユカタンかいきょう（英語表記）Yucatán Channel

The strait separates the Yucatan Peninsula in eastern Mexico from the island of Cuba, connecting the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean Sea. It is about 210 km wide and is bordered by Cape Catoche at the northeastern end of the Yucatan Peninsula and Cape San Antonio at the western end of Cuba. A tributary of the South Atlantic Equatorial Current flows into the Gulf of Mexico from the southeast through this strait, becoming the source of the Gulf Stream.

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Japanese:

メキシコ東部のユカタン半島とキューバ島をへだてる海峡で，メキシコ湾とカリブ海を結ぶ。幅約 210kmで，ユカタン半島北東端のカトチェ岬とキューバ西端のサンアントニオ岬が相対する。大西洋南赤道海流の支流が南東からこの海峡を通ってメキシコ湾に流入，メキシコ湾流の源流となる。

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