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(Redirected from Serpent's Mouth) Strait in Gulf of Paria–Caribbean Sea
Columbus Channel
View over the Columbus Channel from Icacos, Trinidad.
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LocationGulf of Paria–Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean)
Coordinates10°00′N 61°30′W / 10.000°N 61.500°W / 10.000; -61.500
TypeStrait
Basin countriesVenezuela
Trinidad and Tobago

The Columbus Channel or Serpent's Mouth (Spanish: Boca de la Serpiente), is a strait lying between Icacos Point in southwest Trinidad and Tobago and the north coast of Venezuela. It leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Paria. The channel is about nine miles (14 km) wide at its narrowest point.

History

Quinam bay, Columbus Channel, South Coast, Trinidad & Tobago.

The passage was named by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage.

References

  1. DK (7 April 2015). Atlas A-Z: 6th edition: A Pocket Guide to the World Today. DK Publishing. pp. 338–. ISBN 978-1-4654-4252-9.
  2. Williams, Eric (1942). History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago. Buffalo: Eworld Inc. p. 8. ISBN 9781617590108.


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