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In geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet
Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a Sound , bay , lagoon or marsh....
 larger than a bay
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
, deeper than a bight
Bight (geography)

In geography, bight has two meanings.A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....
, wider than a fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel
Channel (geography)

In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.A channel is also the natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar , bay, or any shallow body of water....
 between two bodies of land (see also strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
).

There is little consistency in the use of 'sound' in English-language place names
Toponymy

Toponymy is the scientific study of place-names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The first part of the word is derived from the Greek language t?pos , place; followed by ?noma , meaning name....
.

Traditionally in northern European usage, the Sound is the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 (the outermost Danish island being Sjælland
Zealand

Zealand is the largest island of Denmark and the List of islands by area. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge....
) and Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, the narrow channel (2.5 miles or 4 kilometers wide) that connects the Kattegat
Kattegat

The Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by Jutland , and Scania, Halland and Bohusl?n . The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Oresund and the Danish Straits....
 with the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
.






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In geography
Geography

Geography is the study of the Earth and its lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth"....
 a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet
Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a Sound , bay , lagoon or marsh....
 larger than a bay
Headlands and bays

Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment....
, deeper than a bight
Bight (geography)

In geography, bight has two meanings.A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....
, wider than a fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel
Channel (geography)

In physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a river, slough or ocean strait consisting of a bed and banks.A channel is also the natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar , bay, or any shallow body of water....
 between two bodies of land (see also strait
Strait

A strait or straits is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or...
).

There is little consistency in the use of 'sound' in English-language place names
Toponymy

Toponymy is the scientific study of place-names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The first part of the word is derived from the Greek language t?pos , place; followed by ?noma , meaning name....
.

Traditionally in northern European usage, the Sound is the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 (the outermost Danish island being Sjælland
Zealand

Zealand is the largest island of Denmark and the List of islands by area. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge....
) and Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, the narrow channel (2.5 miles or 4 kilometers wide) that connects the Kattegat
Kattegat

The Kattegat , or Kattegatt is a sea area bounded by Jutland , and Scania, Halland and Bohusl?n . The Baltic Sea drains into the Kattegat through the Oresund and the Danish Straits....
 with the Baltic Sea
Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53?N to 66?N latitude and from 20?E to 26?E longitude. It is bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of Europe, and the Denmark islands....
. In areas explored by the British in the late 18th Century, particularly the northwest coast of North America, the term 'sound' was applied to inlets containing large islands (e.g. Puget Sound
Puget Sound

Puget Sound is an inland marine complex of waterways from the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States....
, Howe Sound
Howe Sound

Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound , actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver....
) and also bodies of open water still not fully open ocean (Queen Charlotte Sound, Caamaño Sound
Caamaño Sound

Caama?o Sound is a Sound on the coast of the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia. It extends east from Hecate Strait. Princess Royal Island, Rennison Island, and Aristazabal Island lie to the south of the sound....
) or broadenings or mergings at the openings of inlets (Fitz Hugh Sound
Fitz Hugh Sound

Fitz Hugh Sound, sometimes spelled Fitzhugh Sound, is a sound on the British Columbia Coast of Canada, located between Calvert Island and the mainland....
, Cross Sound
Cross Sound

Cross Sound is a passage in the Alexander Archipelago in the Alaska Panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska, located between Chichagof Island to its south and the mainland to its north....
).

In the United States, Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
 separates Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 from the coast of Connecticut
Connecticut

Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
, but on the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
 side of Long Island, the body of water between the ocean and its barrier beaches is termed the Great South Bay
Great South Bay

The Great South Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean, approximately 45 mi long, forming a large natural harbor on the southern side of Long Island in the U.S....
. Pamlico Sound
Pamlico Sound

Pamlico Sound in North Carolina, is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast of the United States being 129 km long and 24 to 48 km wide....
 is a similar lagoon
Lagoon

A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow sea water or brackish water separated from the deeper sea by a shallow or exposed Bar , reef, or similar feature....
 that lies between North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
 and its barrier beaches, the Outer Banks
Outer Banks

The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, beginning in southeastern corner of Virginia Beach on the east coast of the United States....
, in a similar situation. The Mississippi Sound
Mississippi Sound

The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi, to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 145 kilometers ....
 separates the Gulf of Mexico
Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean, it is an oceanic basin largely surrounded by the North American continent and the island of Cuba....
 from the mainland along much of the gulf coasts of Mississippi
Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
 and Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. On the West Coast, Puget Sound
Puget Sound

Puget Sound is an inland marine complex of waterways from the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States....
, by contrast, is a deep arm
Arm (geography)

In geography, an arm is a narrow extension, inlet, or smaller reach , of water from a much larger body of water, like an ocean, sea, or lake. Although different geographically, a sound or bay may be called an arm....
 of the ocean.

A sound is often formed by the sea flooding a river valley. This produces a long inlet where the sloping valley hillsides descend to sea-level and continue beneath the water to form a sloping sea floor. The Marlborough Sounds
Marlborough Sounds

The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of rias created by a combination of subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand....
 in New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
 are a good example of this type of formation.

Sometimes a sound is produced by a glacier carving out a valley on the coast then receding, or the sea invading a glacier valley. The glacier produces a sound that often has steep, near vertical, sides that extend deep under water. The sea floor is often flat and deeper at the landward end than the seaward end, due to glacial moraine
Moraine

A moraine is any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions, such as those areas acted upon by a past ice age....
 deposits. This type of sound is more properly termed a fjord
Fjord

Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
 (or fiord). The sounds in Fiordland
Fiordland

Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand that is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island, comprising the western-most third of Southland....
, New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....
, have been formed this way.

A sound generally connotes a protected anchorage.

Etymology

The word "sound" in this sense came from Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
 sund, which also means "swim
Swim

Swim can refer to several things:*Swimming , an album by the band French Kicks*swimming*Swim , an EP by the band Feeder, and its Swim ...
ming"; it may have originally meant "sea strait narrow enough for a man to swim across".

Bodies of water called sounds


Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....

  • Broad Sound
    Broad Sound

    Broad Sound is a large bay on the east coast of Australia, located in the state of Queensland 675 km northwest of the state capital, Brisbane....
     near Clairview, Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
  • Camden Sound at Kuri Bay, Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Denham Sound, part of Shark Bay
    Shark Bay

    Shark Bay may refer to the following locations in Western Australia:* Shire of Shark Bay* the locality of Shark Bay, now known as Denham, Western Australia...
     in Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • King Sound
    King Sound

    King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River , one of Australia largest watercourses, and opens to the Indian Ocean....
     at Derby
    Derby, Western Australia

    Derby is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia of Western Australia. At the 2006 Census in Australia, Derby had a population of 3,093....
    , Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • King George Sound
    King George Sound

    King George Sound is the name of a sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Located at , it is the site of the city of Albany, Western Australia....
     at Albany
    Albany, Western Australia

    Albany is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated around a port on the southern coast.Its metropolitan area has a population of 25,196 as of the 2006 census, making it the sixth largest city in the state....
    , Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Montague Sound, Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
  • Noosa Sound, Noosa in Queensland
    Queensland

    Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
  • York Sound, Western Australia
    Western Australia

    Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....


Bahamas

  • Exuma Sound, bordered by Eleuthera
    Eleuthera

    See also: EleutheraeEleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau, Bahamas. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide....
    , Cat Island
    Cat Island (Bahamas)

    Cat Island is in the central Bahamas, and one of its Districts of the Bahamas, and has the nation's highest point. Its Mount Alvernia rises to 206 ft and is topped by a monastery called The Hermitage....
     and Great Exuma, among others
  • Millars Sound, New Providence
    New Providence

    New Providence is the most populous island in The Bahamas. While the first European visitors to the Bahama Islands were Bermuda salt rakers gathering sea salt in Grand Turk Island and Inagua after 1670, the first lasting occupation was on Eleuthera and then New Providence shortly thereafter....
  • Rock Sound, Eleuthera
    Eleuthera

    See also: EleutheraeEleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles east of Nassau, Bahamas. It is very long and thin—110 miles long and in places little more than a mile wide....
  • The Sound, Bimini
    Bimini

    Bimini is the westernmost Districts of the Bahamas of the Bahamas composed of a chain of islands located about 53 miles due east of Miami, Florida....


Bermuda
Bermuda

Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, it is situated around 1770 kilometres northeast of Miami, Florida, and 1350 kilometres south of Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada....

Great Sound
Great Sound, Bermuda

The Great Sound is a body of water shaped by the islands of Bermuda. It dominates the southwest of the island chain, and forms a natural harbour....
 towards the archipelago
Archipelago

An archipelago is a chain or cluster of islands that are formed tectonically. The word archipelago literally means "chief sea", from Italian language arcipelago , derived ultimately from Greek language arkhon and pelagos ....
's southwest end

British Isles
British Isles

The British Isles are a group of islands off the northwest coast of continental Europe that include Great Britain and Ireland, and numerous smaller islands....

  • Calf Sound
    Calf Sound

    Calf Sound is a body of water which separates the Calf of Man island from the mainland of the Isle of Man. The sound - technically a strait - is about 700 metres in width, and contains the small islet of Kitterland ....
     between Isle of Man
    Isle of Man

    The Isle of Man , or Mann , is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles....
     and the Calf of Man
    Calf of Man

    Calf of Man is a small island, almost one square mile in area, off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound....
  • See Sounds of Scotland
    Sounds of Scotland

    This is a list of the Sound s of Scotland. These straits vary in size from substantial sea channels to the tiny Clachan Sound, which is only wide and spanned by the Clachan Bridge....


British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. The islands make up part of the Virgin Islands, the remaining islands constituting the United States Virgin Islands....

  • North Sound, Virgin Gorda
    Virgin Gorda

    Virgin Gorda is the third-largest and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands . Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles ....
  • South Sound, Virgin Gorda
    Virgin Gorda

    Virgin Gorda is the third-largest and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands . Located at approximately 18 degrees, 48 minutes North, and 64 degrees, 30 minutes West, it covers an area of about 8 square miles ....


Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....

  • Baynes Sound
    Baynes Sound

    Baynes Sound is a stretch of water between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. The Sound is a narrow western off-shoot of the Georgia Strait that separates Vancouver Island from the mainland of British Columbia....
     between Denman Island and Vancouver Island
    Vancouver Island

    Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Clayoquot Sound
    Clayoquot Sound

    Clayoquot Sound is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is bordered by the Esowista Peninsula to the south, and the Hesquiaht Peninsula to the North....
     in Vancouver Island
    Vancouver Island

    Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Cumberland Sound
    Cumberland Sound

    Cumberland Sound is a body of water between Baffin Island's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula in the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Nunavut....
     in Baffin Island
    Baffin Island

    Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the List of Canadian islands by area and the List of islands by area, with an area of and has a population of 11,000 ....
    's east coast
  • Desolation Sound
    Desolation Sound

    Desolation Sound is a deep water sound inlet in British Columbia, Canada.It is a favourite destination for boaters because of its spectacular fjords, mountains, and wildlife....
     between the Discovery Islands
    Discovery Islands

    The Discovery Islands are the islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia. These islands are sometimes considered to be part of the Gulf Islands....
     and the coast
    British Columbia Coast

    The British Columbia Coast is Canada's western continental coastlines.In a sense excluding the urban Lower Mainland area adjacent to the Canada ? United States border, which is considered "The Coast," the British Columbia Coast refers to one of British Columbia's three main regions, the others being the Lower Mainland and British Columbia...
     of British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
    .
  • Eclipse Sound between Baffin Island
    Baffin Island

    Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the List of Canadian islands by area and the List of islands by area, with an area of and has a population of 11,000 ....
     and Bylot Island
    Bylot Island

    Bylot Island lies off the northern end of Baffin Island in Nunavut Territory, Canada. At 11,067 km? it is ranked List of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Eureka Sound between Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island

    Ellesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canada territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada....
     and Axel Heiberg Island
    Axel Heiberg Island

    Axel Heiberg Island is the list of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area. According to Statistics Canada , it has an area of 43 178 km? ....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Hamilton Sound between Fogo Island
    Fogo Island, Newfoundland and Labrador

    Fogo Island is the largest of the offshore Islands of Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It lies off the northeast coast of Newfoundland , northwest of Musgrave Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador across Hamilton Sound, just east of Change Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador....
     and the Island of Newfoundland
  • Howe Sound
    Howe Sound

    Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound , actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver....
    , an inlet which forms the harbour of Vancouver
    Vancouver

    Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport located in the Lower Mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city in British Columbia and the second largest metropolitan area in the Pacific Northwest region....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Jones Sound
    Jones Sound

    Jones Sound lies between Devon Island and, to the north, the southern end of Ellesmere Island, in Nunavut, Canada. At its northwestern end it is linked by several channels to Norwegian Bay; at its eastern end it opens via Glacier Strait into Baffin Bay....
     between Devon Island
    Devon Island

    One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Devon Island is the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada, the List of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area....
     and Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island

    Ellesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canada territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Kyuquot Sound
    Kyuquot Sound

    Kyuquot Sound is a complex of coastal inlets, bays and islands on northwestern Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia, on the western coast of the Strathcona Regional District, British Columbia....
    , Barkley Sound
    Barkley Sound

    Barkley Sound, also known historically as Barclay Sound, is south of Ucluelet and north of Bamfield on the west coast of Vancouver Island and forms the entrance to the Alberni Inlet....
     and Nootka Sound
    Nootka Sound

    For other uses of the word Nootka, see Nootka .'Nootka Sound' is a complex inlet or sound of the Pacific Ocean on the rugged west coast of Vancouver Island, in the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia....
     on the west coast of Vancouver Island
    Vancouver Island

    Vancouver Island is a large island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British Royal Navy officer who explored the Pacific Ocean coast of North America between 1791 and 1794....
    , British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Lancaster Sound
    Lancaster Sound

    Lancaster Sound is a body of water lying between Devon Island and Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada, forming the eastern portion of the Northwest Passage....
     between Devon Island
    Devon Island

    One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Devon Island is the second-largest of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, Nunavut, Canada, the List of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area....
     and Baffin Island
    Baffin Island

    Baffin Island in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is the List of Canadian islands by area and the List of islands by area, with an area of and has a population of 11,000 ....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Long Island Sound between Long Island
    Long Island, Nunavut

    Long Island is in Hudson Bay off the coast of Quebec and is part of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at 54?52'N 79?25'W and measures 168 km? in area....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
    , and Québec
    Quebec

    Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
  • Massey Sound between Amund Ringnes Island
    Amund Ringnes Island

    Amund Ringnes Island is one of the Sverdrup Islands in Nunavut between 78th parallel north and 79th parallel north of latitude. It lies east of Ellef Ringnes Island, west of Axel Heiberg Island....
     and Axel Heiberg Island
    Axel Heiberg Island

    Axel Heiberg Island is the list of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area. According to Statistics Canada , it has an area of 43 178 km? ....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Nansen Sound between Ellesmere Island
    Ellesmere Island

    Ellesmere Island is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canada territory of Nunavut. Lying within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago it is considered part of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, with Cape Columbia being the most northerly point of land in Canada....
     and Axel Heiberg Island
    Axel Heiberg Island

    Axel Heiberg Island is the list of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area. According to Statistics Canada , it has an area of 43 178 km? ....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Owen Sound in Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Parry Sound
    Parry Sound

    Parry Sound may refer to:* Parry Sound, Ontario* Parry Sound * Parry Sound District, Ontario* Parry Sound ...
     in Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Severn Sound
    Severn Sound

    Severn Sound is an Independent Local Radio station that broadcasts to Gloucestershire, England. Soon to become Heart Gloucestershire as part of the Heart Network....
     in Ontario
    Ontario

    Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
  • Peel Sound between Prince of Wales Island
    Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut

    One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Prince of Wales Island is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, lying between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands....
     and Somerset Island
    Somerset Island and Fort Ross

    In the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Somerset Island is a large island across the 2km wide Bellot Strait from the Boothia Peninsula in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Queen Charlotte Sound off British Columbia
    British Columbia

    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's Provinces and territories of Canada and is famed for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ....
  • Random Sound near Clarenville in Newfoundland and Labrador
    Newfoundland and Labrador

    Newfoundland and Labrador is a Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada, on the country's Atlantic Ocean coast in northeastern North America....
  • Roes Welcome Sound
    Roes Welcome Sound

    Roes Welcome Sound is an Arctic Ocean waterway located in Nunavut's Foxe Basin. It opens north to Repulse Bay, and is located between the mainland and Southampton Island, north of Marble Island....
     between Southampton Island
    Southampton Island

    One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Southampton Island is a large island at the entrance to Hudson Bay, Canada. It is part of the Kivalliq Region of the Nunavut Territory....
     and Hudson Bay
    Hudson Bay

    Hudson Bay is a large , relatively shallow body of water in northeastern Canada. It is approximately 850 miles long and 650 miles wide. It drains a very large area that includes parts of Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Alberta, most of Manitoba, parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana, and the southeastern area of Nunavut...
    's west shore in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....
  • Viscount Melville Sound
    Viscount Melville Sound

    Viscount Melville Sound is an arm of the Arctic Ocean that separates Victoria Island and Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut from the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut, Canada....
     between Banks Island
    Banks Island

    One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Banks Island is situated in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada....
     and Melville Island
    Melville Island, Canada

    Melville Island is a vast, uninhabited member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Canada with an area of . It is the list of islands by area and List of Canadian islands by area....
     in Nunavut
    Nunavut

    Nunavut is the largest and newest Provinces and territories of Canada of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999 via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993....


Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman....

  • Frank Sound on Grand Cayman
    Grand Cayman

    Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands at about 196 km? and contains the capital George Town, Cayman Islands. Towns on the island are referred to as "districts"....
  • North Sound on Grand Cayman
    Grand Cayman

    Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands at about 196 km? and contains the capital George Town, Cayman Islands. Towns on the island are referred to as "districts"....


Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands

The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located from the coast of Argentina, west of the Shag Rocks , and north of the British Antarctic Territory ....

  • Adventure Sound
    Adventure Sound

    Adventure Sound is a bay/fjord on the south east coast of East Falkland. It is in Lafonia between Choiseul Sound and the Bay of Harbours, Falkland Islands, and forms the upper segment of the "E" of the peninsula....
     in East Falkland
    East Falkland

    East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres . Its population represents a large majority of the population of the Falklands....
  • Berkeley Sound
    Berkeley Sound

    Berkeley Sound is an inlet, or fjord in the north east of East Falkland in the Falkland Islands. The inlet was the site of the first attempts at colonisation of the islands, at Port Louis, Falkland Islands, by the French....
     in East Falkland
    East Falkland

    East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres . Its population represents a large majority of the population of the Falklands....
  • Byron Sound
    Byron Sound

    Byron Sound is a large fjord-like bay on the coast of West Falkland in the Falkland Islands, facing northwards. There is one main settlement on the bay: Hill Cove, and it contains numerous islands, including Saunders Island....
     in West Falkland
    West Falkland

    West Falkland is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of approximately 4,532 km? . It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound....
  • Choiseul Sound
    Choiseul Sound

    Choiseul Sound is a stretch of sea in the Falkland Islands. It runs parallel to Eagle Passage and is between Lafonia and the north of East Falkland....
     in East Falkland
    East Falkland

    East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres . Its population represents a large majority of the population of the Falklands....
  • Falkland Sound
    Falkland Sound

    The Falkland Sound is a sea strait in the Falkland Islands. Running south west - north east, it separates West Falkland and East Falkland....
     between East Falkland
    East Falkland

    East Falkland the largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, has an area of 6,605 square kilometres . Its population represents a large majority of the population of the Falklands....
     and West Falkland
    West Falkland

    West Falkland is the second largest of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic, with an area of approximately 4,532 km? . It is a hilly island, separated from East Falkland by the Falkland Sound....


Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....

  • Campeche Sound in Campeche
    Campeche

    The State of Campeche is a state in the south-east region of the Mexico. It is bordered by the Mexican states of Yucat?n to the north east, Quintana Roo to the east, and Tabasco to the south west....


New Zealand
New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous Islands of New Zealand, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands....

  • Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand
    Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand

    Queen Charlotte Sound is the easternmost of the main sounds of the Marlborough Sounds, in New Zealand's South Island. It is, like the other sounds, a drowned valley, and like the majority of its neighbours it runs southwest to northeast before joining Cook Strait....
     in South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Marlborough Sounds
    Marlborough Sounds

    The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of rias created by a combination of subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the South Island of New Zealand....
     in South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
  • Milford Sound
    Milford Sound

    Milford Sound is a fjord in the south west of New Zealand's South Island, within Fiordland National Park and the Te Wahipounamu World Heritage site....
     in South Island
    South Island

    The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....


Scandinavia
Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a historical and geographical subregion in northern Europe that includes the Scandinavian Peninsula. It consists of the kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark; some authorities also include Finland and some might even include Iceland....

  • The Sound, another name for Øresund, a body of water between Sweden
    Sweden

    Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
     and Denmark
    Denmark

    Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....


Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands

For the group of islands rather than the nation, see Solomon Islands .The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands....

  • New Georgia Sound
    New Georgia Sound

    New Georgia Sound is the body of water that runs approximately through the middle of the Solomon Islands. The Sound is bounded by Choiseul Island, Santa Isabel Island, and Florida Island to the north, and by Vella Lavella, Kolombangara, New Georgia, and the Russell Islands to the south....


United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...

  • Albemarle Sound
    Albemarle Sound

    Albemarle Sound is a large estuary on the coast of North Carolina in the United States located at the confluence of a group of rivers, including the Chowan River and Roanoke River....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Block Island Sound
    Block Island Sound

    Block Island Sound is a strait in the open Atlantic Ocean, approximately wide, separating Block Island from the coast of Rhode Island in the United States....
     between Block Island
    Block Island

    Block Island is part of the U.S. state of Rhode Island and is located in the Atlantic Ocean approximately south of the coast of Rhode Island, and is separated from the mainland by Block Island Sound....
     and mainland Rhode Island
    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
  • Bogue Sound
    Bogue Sound

    Bogue Sound is a medium-sized geographic sound in the state of North Carolina. It separates the Bogue Banks from mainland Carteret County, NC....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Breton Sound
    Breton Sound

    Breton Sound is a sound and a part of the coastline of the United States of Louisiana; it is near Lake Pontchartrain.Two ships in the United States Navy have been named the USS Breton after this area....
     in Louisiana
    Louisiana

    The State of Louisiana is a U.S. state located in the U.S. Southern States of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans....
  • Calibogue Sound in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
    Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

    Hilton Head Island or Hilton Head is a town in Beaufort County, South Carolina, South Carolina, United States. It is 20 miles north of Savannah, Georgia, and 95 miles south of Charleston, South Carolina....
  • Core Sound
    Core Sound

    The Core Sound is a large and shallow body of water in eastern North Carolina located between the mainland of Carteret County, North Carolina and Core Banks, part of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, located west of the Atlantic Ocean and north of Bogue Sound....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Chatham Sound in Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
  • Croatan Sound
    Croatan Sound

    Croatan Sound is an inlet in Dare County, North Carolina, North Carolina. It connects Pamlico Sound with Albemarle Sound, and is bordered to the east by Roanoke Island; Roanoke Sound is on the other side of the island....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Currituck Sound
    Currituck Sound

    Currituck Sound is a protected inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northeastern part of North Carolina. Thirty miles N-S and 3-8 miles wide, this shallow, island-filled sound is separated from the ocean by Bodie Island, part of the Outer Banks....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Kotzebue Sound
    Kotzebue Sound

    Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska, located at . It is on the north side of the Seward Peninsula and bounded the east by the Baldwin Peninsula....
     in Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
  • Long Island Sound
    Long Island Sound

    Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south....
     between Long Island, New York and Connecticut
    Connecticut

    Connecticut is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The state borders New York to the west and south , Massachusetts to the north, and Rhode Island to the east....
  • Mississippi Sound
    Mississippi Sound

    The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It runs east-west along the southern coasts of Mississippi and Alabama, from Waveland, Mississippi, to the Dauphin Island Bridge, a distance of about 145 kilometers ....
     in Mississippi
    Mississippi

    Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Deep South of the United States. Jackson, Mississippi is the state capital and largest city. The state's name comes from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, and takes its name from the Anishinaabe language word misi-ziibi ....
     and Alabama
    Alabama

    Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
  • Nantucket Sound
    Nantucket Sound

    Nantucket Sound is a roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean offshore from the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It is long and wide, and is enclosed by Cape Cod on the north, Nantucket on the south, and Martha's Vineyard on the west....
     off Nantucket, Massachusetts
    Nantucket, Massachusetts

    Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island and Muskeget, it constitutes the New England town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated....
  • Norton Sound
    Norton Sound

    Norton Sound is an inlet of the Bering Sea on the western coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, south of the Seward Peninsula. It is about 240 km long and 200 km wide....
     in Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
  • Pamlico Sound
    Pamlico Sound

    Pamlico Sound in North Carolina, is the largest lagoon along the U.S. East Coast of the United States being 129 km long and 24 to 48 km wide....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Pine Island Sound
    Pine Island Sound

    Pine Island Sound is located in Lee County, Florida, lying between Pine Island and the bar of Sanibel Island, Captiva Island, North Captiva Island and Cayo Costa State Park, which separate the Sound from the Gulf of Mexico....
     near Cape Coral, Florida
    Cape Coral, Florida

    Cape Coral is a city in Lee County, Florida, Florida, United States. With over of navigable waterways, Cape Coral has more miles of canals than any other city on earth....
  • Prince William Sound
    Prince William Sound

    Prince William Sound is a Sound of the Gulf of Alaska on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is located on the east side of the Kenai Peninsula....
     in Alaska
    Alaska

    Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
  • Puget Sound
    Puget Sound

    Puget Sound is an inland marine complex of waterways from the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States....
     in Washington
    Washington

    Washington is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute....
  • Rhode Island Sound
    Rhode Island Sound

    Rhode Island Sound is a strait of water, off the coast of the state of Rhode Island at mouth of Narragansett Bay. It forms the eastern extension of Long Island Sound and opens out the Atlantic Ocean between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard....
     off Rhode Island
    Rhode Island

    Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States....
  • Roanoke Sound
    Roanoke Sound

    The Roanoke Sound is a sound that separates Roanoke Island from Bodie Island of the Outer Banks. To the north of the Roanoke Sound lies the Albemarle Sound and to the south lies the Pamlico Sound....
     in North Carolina
    North Carolina

    North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
  • Somes Sound
    Somes Sound

    Somes Sound is a body of water running deep into Mount Desert Island, the main site of Acadia National Park in Maine, United States. Its deepest point is approximately , and it is over deep in several places....
     in Mount Desert Island
    Mount Desert Island

    Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, Maine, is the largest island off the coast of Maine. With an area of 108 square miles it is the List of islands of the United States by area.....
    , Maine
    Maine

    The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
     (truly a fjord
    Fjord

    Geologically, a fjord or fiord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides, created in a valley carved by Glacier....
    )
  • Suwanee Sound off Florida
    Florida

    Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
  • Vineyard Sound
    Vineyard Sound

    Vineyard Sound is the stretch of the Atlantic Ocean which separates the Elizabeth Islands and the southwestern part of Cape Cod from the island of Martha's Vineyard, offshore from the state of Massachusetts in the USA....
     off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts


United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands

The United States Virgin Islands is a group of islands in the Caribbean that are an insular area of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Islands and are located in the Leeward Islands of the Lesser Antilles....

  • Pillsbury Sound between Saint Thomas
    Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

    Saint Thomas is an island in the Caribbean Sea, a county and constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States....
     and Saint John
    Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands

    Saint John is an island in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands of the United States Virgin Islands , an unincorporated territory of the United States....