Tigres Strait

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]

Tigres Strait
Tigres Strait
Location in Angola
Coordinates16°38′S 11°46′E
Native nameEstreito dos Tigres
Ocean/sea sourcesAtlantic Ocean
Basin countriesAngola
Max. length35 km (22 mi)
Max. width9 km (5.6 mi)
IslandsTigres Island
References[1]

Geography

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]

See also

References
  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.


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