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{{Infobox body of water
[[Image:Cabot Strait.png|thumb|200px|The Cabot Strait lies north of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.]]▼
| name = Cabot Strait
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| location = [[Cape Breton Island]], Nova Scotia & [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|47|07|00|N|60|29|57|W|region:CA_type:waterbody_scale:100000|display =inline,title}}
| type = Channel
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| part_of = [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]]
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| oceans = [[Atlantic ocean]]
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| basin_countries = [[Canada]]
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| length = {{convert|20|nmi|km|mi}}
| width = {{convert|70|nmi|km|mi}}
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| max-depth = {{convert|550|m|ft}}
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| islands = [[St. Paul Island (Nova Scotia)]]
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| trenches = [[Laurentian Channel]]
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| pushpin_map = Canada Nova Scotia
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| pushpin_map_caption = Cabot Strait
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| reference = [http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/CAFSC Geographical Names of Canada - Cabot Strait]
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'''Cabot Strait'''<ref name="id=CAFSC">
'''Cabot Strait''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|b|ə|t}}; {{lang-fr|détroit de Cabot}}, {{IPA-fr|kabo|lang}}) is a [[strait]] in eastern [[Canada]] approximately 110 kilometres wide between [[Cape Ray]], [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]] and [[Cape North (Nova Scotia)|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]].▼
{{cite web
|url=http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/CAFSC
|title=Geographical Names of Canada - Cabot Strait
|publisher=Government of Canada
|accessdate= 7 June 2018
}}
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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.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8028949.stm|title=Ancient tsunami 'hit New York'|last=Bentley|first=Molly|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=2010-06-19 | date=2009-05-03}}</ref>
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*[[Nautical chart]] [http://www.charts.gc.ca/charts-cartes/charts-cartes-eng.asp?num=4022&img=01 #4022 - Cabot Strait and approaches / Détroit de Cabot et les approches)'', published by [[Canadian Hydrographic Service]], 17 January 2003
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