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Mozambique Channel   /mˌoʊzæmbˈik tʃˈænəl/   Listen
Mozambique Channel

noun
1.
An arm of the Indian Ocean between Madagascar and southeastern Africa.





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"Mozambique Channel" Quotes from Famous Books



... violation of the Treaty of Tordesillas. Elcano's crew consisted of fifty-three Europeans and a dozen natives of Tidor. The Victoria started for Spain at the beginning of the year 1522; passed through the Sunda Straits at great risk of being seized by the Portuguese; experienced violent storms in the Mozambique Channel, and was almost wrecked rounding the Cape of Good Hope. A few of the crew died—their only food was a scanty ration of rice—and in their extreme distress they put in at Santiago Island, 350 miles W. ...
— The Philippine Islands • John Foreman
... Africa, group of islands in the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
... resources: none Land use: arable land 0%; permanent crops 0%; meadows and pastures 0%; forest and woodland 0%; other (rock) 100% Environment: surrounded by reefs; subject to periodic cyclones Note: navigational hazard since it is usually under water during high tide; located in southern Mozambique Channel about halfway ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.


Words linked to "Mozambique Channel" :   channel, Indian Ocean


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