Florida Strait

American  

noun

1. a strait between Florida, Cuba, and the Bahamas, connecting the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic.

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Example Sentences

Thence I shall run down the Florida Strait to Key West, the course which I intend to steer being the shortest possible distance to that spot.

From The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Cuneo, Cyrus

The Florida Strait between Key West and the north Cuban coast is as uncomfortable a piece of water to cruise on as can be found in the tropics.

From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George

This gas has been loosed, as you told us, upon the wings of the hurricane that came through the Florida Strait.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930 by Various

When all arrangements are completed, the trains will be ferried across Florida Strait between Havana and Key West, and freight will be sent from points in Cuba to New York and Chicago without reloading.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

At a height of close to two thousand feet they headed across Florida Strait, with Paul at the throttle.

From Around the World in Ten Days by Fraser, Chelsea Curtis