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[[Image:Cabot Strait.png|thumb|200px|The Cabot Strait lies north of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada]]
'''Cabot Strait''' ({{lang-fr|détroit de Cabot}}) is a [[strait]] in eastern [[Canada]] approximately 110 kilometres wide between [[Cape Ray]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] and [[Cape North]], [[Cape Breton Island]]. It is the widest of the three outlets for the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]] into the [[Atlantic Ocean]], the others being the [[Strait of Belle Isle]] and [[Strait of Canso]]. It is named for the [[Genoa|Genoese]] explorer [[Giovanni Caboto]].
The strait's bathymetry is varied, with the [[Laurentian Channel]] creating a deep trench through its centre, and comparatively shallow coastal waters closer to Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island. These bathymetric conditions have been known by mariners to cause [[Rogue wave (oceanography)|rogue wave]]s. The steep slope of the Laurentian Channel was the site of a disastrous submarine landslide at the southeastern end of the strait, triggered by the [[1929 Grand Banks earthquake]] and leading to a [[tsunami]] that devastated communities along Newfoundland's south coast and parts of Cape Breton Island.
A strategically important waterway throughout Canadian and Newfoundland history, the strait is also an important international shipping route, being the primary waterway linking the Atlantic with inland ports on the [[Great Lakes]] and [[St. Lawrence Seaway]].
The strait is crossed daily by the [[Marine Atlantic]] [[ferry]] service linking [[Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador|Channel-Port aux Basques]], and [[North Sydney, Nova Scotia|North Sydney]]. [[Ferry|Ferries]] have been operating across the strait since 1898 and a submarine [[Telegraphy|telegraph]] cable was laid in 1856 as part of the [[transatlantic telegraph cable]] project.
An infamous location in the strait for [[shipwreck]]s during the [[age of sail]], [[St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia|St. Paul's Island]], came to be referred to as the ''"Graveyard of the Gulf" (of St. Lawrence)''.
On a very clear day, both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland can be seen from the middle of the strait.
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[[Category:Straits of Canada]]
[[Category:Landforms of Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Landforms of Nova Scotia]]
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[[ca:Estret Cabot]]
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[[ko:캐벗 해협]]
[[it:Stretto di Caboto]]
[[ja:カボット海峡]]
[[pl:Cieśnina Cabota]]
[[pt:Estreito de Cabot]]
[[sk:Cabotova úžina]]
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