Columbus Channel

{{Infobox body of water | name = Columbus Channel | other_name = | image = TnT Icacos Beach 2.jpg | alt = | caption = View over the '''Columbus Channel''' from Icacos, Trinidad. | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = | location = Gulf of Paria–Caribbean Sea (Atlantic Ocean) | coords = {{coord|10|00|N|61|30|W|source:kolossus-eswiki|display=it}} | type = Strait | inflow = | outflow = | catchment = | basin_countries = Venezuela<br />Trinidad and Tobago | date-built = | date-flooded = | agency = | length = | width = | area = | depth = | max-depth = | volume = | residence_time = | shore = | elevation = | frozen = | islands = | cities =  | pushpin_map = Trinidad and Tobago#Caribbean | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption =  | website = | reference = }} The '''Columbus Channel''' or '''Serpent's Mouth''' ({{langx|es|'''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 {{convert|9|mi|km|spell=in}} wide at its narrowest point.<ref name="DK2015">{{cite book|author=DK|title=Atlas A-Z: 6th edition: A Pocket Guide to the World Today|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fI4eBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA338|date=7 April 2015|publisher=DK Publishing|isbn=978-1-4654-4252-9|pages=338–}}</ref>

== History == thumb|left|200px|Quinam bay, Columbus Channel, South Coast, Trinidad & Tobago. The passage was named by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage.<ref name="Eric">{{cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Eric|title=History of the People of Trinidad and Tobago|date=1942|publisher=Eworld Inc.|location=Buffalo|isbn=9781617590108|pages=8}}</ref>

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Category:Gulf of Paria Category:Straits of Venezuela Category:Bodies of water of Trinidad and Tobago Category:International straits Category:Trinidad and Tobago–Venezuela border