Southwest Pass (Vermilion Parish)

Southwest Pass is a narrow strait in Vermilion Parish in southern Louisiana in the United States. It connects the Gulf of Mexico to its south with Vermilion Bay to its north.[1] It is bounded on the east by Marsh Island (in Iberia Parish) and on the west by the Louisiana mainland in southeastern Vermilion Parish.[2]

This article is about the strait in Vermilion Parish. For the channel at the mouth of the Mississippi River, see Southwest Pass (Mississippi River).

Southwest Pass should not be confused with a channel in the Mississippi River Delta at the mouth of the Mississippi River also known as Southwest Pass.

Notes
  1. Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1984, p. 1144.
  2. Webster's New Geographical Dictionary, 1984, pp. 690, 1144.

References
  • Webster's New Geographical Dictionary. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Inc., 1984. ISBN 0-87779-446-4.

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