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Tigres Strait

Coordinates: 16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E / -16.633; 11.767
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Tigres Strait
Estreito dos Tigres (Portuguese)
Tigres Strait is located in Angola
Tigres Strait
Tigres Strait
Location in Angola
Coordinates16°38′S 11°46′E / 16.633°S 11.767°E / -16.633; 11.767
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesAngola
Max. length35 km (22 mi)
Max. width9 km (5.6 mi)
IslandsTigres Island
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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]

Geography

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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]

History

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On 6 December 1904 the Russian fleet proceeding to the pacific to fight the Battle of Tsushima of stopped at the bay to take on coal.[7] They left the following afternoon.[7] The British HMS Barrosa arrived the next day looking for the fleet before heading to Moçâmedes.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ GoogleEarth
  2. ^ "Baia dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  3. ^ Baía dos Tigres é uma aldeia fantasma. Jornal de Angola. 10 de janeiro de 2019.
  4. ^ "Cool Waters". sites.google.com. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  5. ^ "Ilha dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Saco dos Tigres". Mapcarta. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Pleshakov, Constantine (2002). The Tsar's Last Armada. Oxford: Basic Books. pp. 140–141. ISBN 1-903985-31-5.