Les Saintes Passage | |
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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. | |
Location | Guadeloupe |
Coordinates | 15°55′16″N 61°38′11″W / 15.92111°N 61.63639°W |
Max. length | 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) |
Max. width | 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) |
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.