Florida Street

Florida Street
Florida Street
Connects waters	Atlantic Ocean
with water	Gulf of Mexico
Separates land mass	Florida ( North America )
of land mass	Cuba
Data
Geographical location	23 ° 56 ′  N , 80 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 23 ° 56 ′  N , 80 ° 56 ′  W
Smallest width	160 km
Islands	Florida Keys

The Florida Strait is a 100 to 200 km wide strait between the US state of Florida on the one hand and Cuba in the south or the Bahamas in the southeast on the other. It connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean .

The Florida Current , a warm ocean current that flows northeast through the Florida Strait , is the main tributary of the Gulf Stream .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diplomatic exchange on border determination , United Nations , English, PDF
2. ^ Florida Current Transport , NOAA , English