{{Short description|Strait in the Caribbean}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Saint Lucia Channel | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = <!-- Images --> | image = Saint Lucia-CIA WFB Map.png | alt = Map of Saint Lucia with Saint Lucia Channel labeled above the island's northern coastline. | caption = Map of Saint Lucia with Saint Lucia Channel at the top | image_bathymetry = | alt_bathymetry = | caption_bathymetry = <!-- Stats --> | location = Saint Lucia<br>Martinique | group = | coordinates = {{coord|14|09|N|60|57|W|type:waterbody_scale:2500000|display=it}} | type = | etymology = | part_of = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = | catchment = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | basin_countries = | agency = | designation = | date-built = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | engineer = | date-flooded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} For man-made and other recent bodies of water --> | length = {{convert|8|mile}} ~ {{convert|13|mile}} | width = {{convert|17|mile}} | area = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | depth = | max-depth = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | volume = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | elevation = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_high = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | temperature_low = <!-- {{convert|VALUE|UNITS}} must be used --> | frozen = | islands = | islands_category = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = <!-- Map --> | pushpin_map = Saint Lucia#Caribbean | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = <!-- Below --> | website = | reference = }} alt=Saint Lucia Channel|thumb|Saint Lucia Channel '''Saint Lucia Channel''' is a strait in the Caribbean that separates French island Martinique, to the north, and Saint Lucia, in the south. It is a pathway between the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.<ref>Ana G. López Martín [https://books.google.com/books?id=aHTbsky9LZMC&dq=Saint+Lucia+Channel+is+a+strait+in+the+Caribbean&pg=PA106 International Straits: Concept, Classification and Rules of Passage.] 218 pages. Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media, 2010 {{ISBN|9783642129063}}</ref> <br /> The Diamond Rock is in the St. Lucia Canal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Álvarez |first=Jorge |date=2024-01-08 |title=Diamond Rock, the Caribbean Crag Commissioned as a Royal Navy Ship and Disputed Between the British and the French |url=https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/01/diamond-rock-the-caribbean-crag-commissioned-as-a-royal-navy-ship-and-disputed-between-the-british-and-the-french/ |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=LBV Magazine English Edition |language=en}}</ref>
== History == On August 17, 2007, Hurricane Dean crossed the channel as a Category 2 storm.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recap of the 2007 Season - Caribbean Hurricane Network - stormCARIB.com - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean Islands |url=https://stormcarib.com/hurr2007.htm |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=stormcarib.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-08-19 |title=Dean devastates parts of St Lucia and Dominica - Saint Lucia {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/saint-lucia/dean-devastates-parts-st-lucia-and-dominica |access-date=2025-11-26 |website=reliefweb.int |language=en}}</ref>
== See also == *Martinique Passage *Barbados–France Maritime Delimitation Agreement *France–Saint Lucia Delimitation Agreement *Saint Vincent Passage
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Category:Straits of the Caribbean Category:Bodies of water of Martinique Category:Bodies of water of Saint Lucia Category:Martinique–Saint Lucia border Category:International straits
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