Les Saintes Passage

Les Saintes Passage
Canal des Saintes (French)
Les Saintes Passage, located between les Saintes archipelago and Basse-Terre Island, indicated in French on this 1775 map: Canal des Saintes.
Les Saintes Passage is located in Guadeloupe
Les Saintes Passage
Les Saintes Passage
Les Saintes Passage is located in Lesser Antilles
Les Saintes Passage
Les Saintes Passage
Les Saintes Passage is located in Caribbean
Les Saintes Passage
Les Saintes Passage
LocationGuadeloupe
Coordinates15°55′16″N 61°38′11″W / 15.92111°N 61.63639°W / 15.92111; -61.63639
Max. length13 kilometres (8.1 mi)
Max. width12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi)
Les Saintes Passage, located between les Saintes and Guadeloupe
View from Fort Napoleon, Iles des Saintes, Guadeloupe.

Les Saintes Passage (French: Canal des Saintes) is a strait in the Caribbean. It separates the archipelago of Îles des Saintes, from Basse-Terre Island (Guadeloupe).[1]

To ensure control of Les Saintes Passage, France built Fort Napoléon des Saintes.

  1. ^ "Cartes Google - Canal des Saintes - Guadeloupe 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2011-12-18.

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