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In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, wider than a fjord, or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait). Geography (from Greek γεωγραφία - geografia) is the study of the Earth and its lands features inhabitants and phenomena An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water often leading to an enclosed body of water such as a sound, bay, Headlands and bays are two related features of the coastal environment In Geography, bight has two meanings A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature&mdashusually a bend or curve in the line between land A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. Physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a River, slough or ocean Strait consisting of a bed and banks A strait is a narrow navigable Channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies of water
There is little consistency in the use of 'sound' in English-language place names. Toponymy refers to the scientific study of place-names ( toponyms) their origins meanings use and Typology.
Traditionally in northern European usage, the Sound is the Øresund, the strait that separates Denmark (the outermost Danish island being Sjælland) and Sweden, the narrow channel (2. Øresund or The Sound (Øresund Öresund is the Strait that separates the Danish island Zealand (Danish Sjælland) from the The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Zealand (also Sealand Danish: Sjælland;) is the largest Island (7031 km² of Denmark (excluding Greenland "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. 5 miles or 4 kilometers wide) that connects the Kattegat with the Baltic Sea. The Kattegat ( Danish) or Kattegatt ( Swedish) is a sea area bounded by Jutland ( Denmark and extreme north Germany) The Baltic Sea is a Brackish inland sea located in Northern Europe, from 53°N to 66°N Latitude and from 20°E to 26°E Longitude. In areas explored by the British in the late 18th Century, particularly the northwest coast of North America, the term 'sound' was applied to inlets containing large islands (Puget Sound, Howe Sound for example). Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, actually a network of Fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.
In the United States, Long Island Sound separates Long Island from the coast of Connecticut, but on the Atlantic Ocean side of Long Island, the body of water between the ocean and its barrier beaches is termed the Great South Bay. Long Island Sound is an Estuary of the Atlantic Ocean and various Rivers in the United States that lies between the coast of Connecticut Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, USA, its western shores directly across from Manhattan, from which the island stretches Connecticut ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the bay in August 2008 Pamlico Sound is a similar lagoon that lies between North Carolina and its barrier beaches, the Outer Banks, in a similar situation. Pamlico Sound (PAM-lik-o in North Carolina, is the largest Lagoon along the U A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or Brackish water separated from the deeper Sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States The Outer Banks is a 200-mile (320-km long string of narrow Barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, on the east coast of the United States. The Mississippi Sound separates the Gulf of Mexico from the mainland along much of the gulf coasts of Mississippi and Alabama. The Mississippi Sound is a sound along the Gulf Coast of the United States. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. On the West Coast, Puget Sound, by contrast, is a deep arm of the ocean. Puget Sound (ˈpjuːʤᵻt is an arm of the Pacific Ocean, connected to the rest of the Pacific by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in the Pacific Northwest In Geography, an arm is a narrow extension Inlet, or smaller reach, of water from a much larger body of water like an Ocean, Sea
A sound is often formed by the sea flooding a river valley. This produces a long inlet where the sloping valley hillsides descend to sea-level and continue beneath the water to form a sloping sea floor. The Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand are a good example of this type of formation. The Marlborough Sounds are an extensive network of sea-drowned valleys created by a combination of land subsidence and rising sea levels at the north of the New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
Sometimes a sound is produced by a glacier carving out a valley on the coast then receding, or the sea invading a glacier valley. The glacier produces a sound that often has steep, near vertical, sides that extend deep under water. The sea floor is often flat and deeper at the landward end than the seaward end, due to glacial moraine deposits. Moraine refers to any glacially formed accumulation of unconsolidated glacial debris (soil and rock which can occur in currently glaciated and formerly glaciated regions such as those This type of sound is more properly termed a fjord (or fiord). A fjord or fiord (fjɔːd|fiːɔːd or fiːɔːd is a long narrow Inlet with steep sides created in a valley carved by glacial activity. The sounds in Fiordland, New Zealand, have been formed this way. Fiordland is a geographic region of New Zealand that is situated on the south-western corner of the South Island. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island
A sound generally connotes a protected anchorage.
Etymology
The word "sound" in this sense came from Anglo-Saxon or Old Norse sund, which also means "swimming"; it may have originally meant "sea strait narrow enough for a man to swim across". Old Norse is the North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance
Bodies of water called sounds
Australia
- Broad Sound near Clairview, Queensland
- Camden Sound at Kuri Bay, Western Australia
- Denham Sound, part of Shark Bay in Western Australia
- King Sound at Derby, Western Australia
- King George Sound at Albany, Western Australia
- Montague Sound, Western Australia
- Noosa Sound, Noosa in Queensland
- York Sound, Western Australia
Bahamas
- Exuma Sound, bordered by Eleuthera, Cat Island and Great Exuma, among others
- Millars Sound, New Providence
- Rock Sound, Eleuthera
- The Sound, Bimini
Bermuda
Great Sound towards the archipelago's southwest end
British Isles
- Calf Sound between Isle of Man and the Calf of Man
- Clestrain Sound at the west of Mainland Orkney, Scotland
- Eynhallow Sound separating Rousay from Mainland Orkney
British Virgin Islands
- North Sound, Virgin Gorda
- South Sound, Virgin Gorda
Canada
- Baynes Sound between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Clayoquot Sound in Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Cumberland Sound in Baffin Island's east coast
- Desolation Sound between the Discovery Islands and the coast of British Columbia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Broad Sound is a large bay on the east coast of Australia, located in the state of Queensland 675 km northwest of the state capital Brisbane. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. King Sound is a large gulf in northern Western Australia. It expands from the mouth of the Fitzroy River, one of Australia's largest watercourses Derby ( post code: 6728 is a town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. King George Sound is the name of a sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Albany ( is located in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, situated around a port on the southern coast Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The Shire of Noosa was a Local Government Area located about north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent Western Australia is a state occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and See also Eleutherae Eleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles (80 km east of Nassau. Cat Island is in the central Bahamas, and one of its districts, and boasts the nation's highest point For the musician Exuma see Exuma (musician. Exuma is a district of the Bahamas, consisting of over 360 islands (or New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas. While the first European visitors to the Bahama Islands were Bermudian salt rakers gathering See also Eleutherae Eleuthera is an island in the Bahamas, lying 50 miles (80 km east of Nassau. Bimini (ˈbɪmɨni is a district of the Bahamas composed of a chain of islands Ba (officially The Bermuda Islands or The Somers Isles) is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. The Great Sound is a body of water shaped by the islands of Bermuda. An archipelago (ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ is a chain or cluster of Islands The word archipelago literally means "chief Sea " from Italian The British Isles (Irish variously Na hOileáin Bhriotanacha, Oileáin Iarthair Eorpa, Éire agus an Bhreatain Mhór; Ellanyn Goaldagh Eileanan Calf Sound (yn Cheyllys is a body of water which separates the Calf of Man island from the mainland of the Isle of Man. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical Calf of Man (yn Cholloo is a small island almost one square mile (2 Clestrain Sound is a Strait of the North Sea, which separates Mainland Orkney from the Isle of Graemsay within the Orkney Islands The Mainland is the main Island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's Burghs Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Eynhallow Sound is a seaway lying between Mainland Orkney and the island of Rousay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. Rousay ( Old Norse Hrólfsey meaning Rolf's Island is a small hilly island about 3 km (2 miles north of Orkney's Mainland, off the north coast of The Mainland is the main Island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's Burghs Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island The British Virgin Islands ( BVI) is a British overseas territory, located in the Caribbean to the east of Puerto Rico. Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI Virgin Gorda is the third-largest (after Tortola and Anegada) and second most populous of the British Virgin Islands (BVI Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Baynes Sound is a stretch of water between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Denman Island is one of the Northern Gulf Islands in the Comox Valley Regional District of British Columbia, Canada, and is home to a small community Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Clayoquot Sound (usually or /ˈklækwɒt/ is located on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Vancouver Island is a large Island in British Columbia, Canada, one of several North American regions named after George Vancouver, the British British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Cumberland Sound (Latitude 6533395424° Longitude -66014009028° is a body of water between Baffin Island 's Hall Peninsula and the Cumberland Peninsula Baffin Island (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ Qikiqtaaluk, Île de Baffin Old Norse: Helluland) in the territory of Nunavut is the largest member Desolation Sound is a deep water sound inlet in British Columbia, Canada. The Discovery Islands are the islands in the Discovery Passage between Vancouver Island and the mainland in British Columbia. The British Columbia Coast is Canada 's western continental coastlines British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C
- Eclipse Sound between Baffin Island and Bylot Island in Nunavut
- Eureka Sound between Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island in Nunavut
- Hamilton Sound between Fogo Island and the Island of Newfoundland
- Howe Sound, an inlet which forms the harbour of Vancouver, British Columbia
- Jones Sound between Devon Island and Ellesmere Island in Nunavut
- Kyuquot Sound, Barkley Sound and Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia
- Lancaster Sound between Devon Island and Baffin Island in Nunavut
- Long Island Sound between Long Island in Nunavut, and Québec[1]
- Massey Sound between Amund Ringnes Island and Axel Heiberg Island in Nunavut
- Nansen Sound between Ellesmere Island and Axel Heiberg Island in Nunavut
- Owen Sound in Ontario
- Parry Sound in Ontario
- Peel Sound between Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island in Nunavut
- Queen Charlotte Sound off British Columbia
- Random Sound near Clarenville in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Roes Welcome Sound between Southampton Island and Hudson Bay's west shore in Nunavut
- Viscount Melville Sound between Banks Island and Melville Island in Nunavut
Cayman Islands
- Frank Sound on Grand Cayman
- North Sound on Grand Cayman
Falkland Islands
- Adventure Sound in East Falkland
- Berkeley Sound in East Falkland
- Byron Sound in West Falkland
- Choiseul Sound in East Falkland
- Falkland Sound between East Falkland and West Falkland
Mexico
- Campeche Sound in Campeche
New Zealand
- Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand in South Island
- Marlborough Sounds in South Island
- Milford Sound in South Island
Scandinavia
Solomon Islands
United States
- Albemarle Sound in North Carolina
- Block Island Sound between Long Island, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island
- Bogue Sound in North Carolina
- Breton Sound in Louisiana
- Calibogue Sound in South Carolina
- Core Sound in North Carolina
- Chatham Sound in Alaska
- Croatan Sound in North Carolina
- Currituck Sound in North Carolina
- Kotzebue Sound in Alaska
- Long Island Sound between Long Island, New York and Connecticut
- Mississippi Sound in Mississippi and Alabama
- Nantucket Sound off Nantucket, Massachusetts
- Norton Sound in Alaska
- Pamlico Sound in North Carolina
- Pine Island Sound near Cape Coral, Florida
- Prince William Sound in Alaska
- Puget Sound in Washington
- Rhode Island Sound off Rhode Island
- Roanoke Sound in North Carolina
- Somes Sound in Mount Desert Island, Maine (truly a fjord)
- Suwanee Sound off Florida
- Vineyard Sound off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
United States Virgin Islands
- Pillsbury Sound between Saint Thomas and Saint John
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