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    The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán (Spanish: Canal de Yucatán) is a strait between Mexico and Cuba. It connects the Yucatán Basin of the Caribbean...
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    The Yucatán Peninsula (/ˌjuːkəˈtɑːn, -ˈtæn/ YOO-kə-TA(H)N, UK also /ˌjʊk-/ YUU-; Spanish: Península de Yucatán [peˈninsula ðe ʝukaˈtan]) is a large peninsula...
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    Yucatán, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Yucatán, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, constitute the 32 federal entities...
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    Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, opposite Playa del Carmen. It is separated from the mainland by the Cozumel Channel and is close to the Yucatán Channel. The municipality...
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    Gulf of Mexico (category Landforms of Yucatán)
    Florida between the U.S. and Cuba, and with the Caribbean Sea via the Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba. Because of its narrow connection to the Atlantic...
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    101 deaths, mostly from the sinking of the steamer Marowjine in the Yucatán Channel. During the early morning hours of August 17, the hurricane made landfall...
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    While crossing the Yucatán Channel, the outer bands of Carla brought high winds and local flooding in western Cuba and the Yucatán Peninsula. In Texas...
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    of Florida, northwest of the Windward Passage, and northeast of the Yucatán Channel. The main island (Cuba), at 104,338 km2 (40,285 sq mi), makes up most...
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    coast of Brazil. As the current turns north through the Yucatán Channel, it is renamed the Yucatán Current. The Caribbean Current water comes from the Atlantic...
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    with the first European exploration of the Gulf of Mexico and the Yucatán Channel, between 1497 and 1498. He navigated the Straits of Florida, and continued...
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    weakened significantly over land, although it restrengthened in the Yucatán Channel to peak winds of 105 mph (170 km/h). Hurricane Ida weakened and became...
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    thereafter. It attained hurricane strength while moving through the Yucatán Channel early on October 7, attaining peak winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) in the...
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  • Look up Yucatán or Yucatan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Yucatán is a Mexican state. Yucatán also commonly refers to Yucatán Peninsula, an area divided...
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    Republic of Yucatán (Spanish: República de Yucatán) was a sovereign state during two periods of the nineteenth century. The first Republic of Yucatán, founded...
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    Isla Pérez (category Islands of Yucatán)
    embarcación en Isla Pérez de Yucatán". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2010-12-27. Yucatán en el tiempo. Enciclopedia...
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    June, passed the Dry Tortugas on 14 June; and thence steamed to the Yucatán Channel. Reversing course, she moved to the Mississippi River Delta whence...
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  • sea—1,458 nautical miles (2,700 km; 1,678 mi) from Venezuela to the Yucatán Channel, 22 March to 3 May 2012 First non-stop row across the Caribbean Sea...
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    water piles up along Central America and flows northward through the Yucatán Channel into the Gulf of Mexico. The water is heated in the Gulf and forced...
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    documented in the magazine Field & Stream, on May 23, 1972, in the Yucatán Channel of Mexico, Conrad caught a 62 lb, 4 oz sailfish on thread-like 6-lb-test...
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    of Jamaica, it curved towards the northwest, taking it towards the Yucatán Channel. By September 28, the storm had entered the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane...
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  • Canada, and the state of Michigan, USA St George's Channel – between Ireland and Wales St George's Channel – between New Britain and New Ireland in the Bismarck...
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    intensified to hurricane status on September 24 while passing through the Yucatán Channel, and while doing so left heavy damage in western Cuba. After turning...
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    conducted training exercises for the Sound School and patrolled the Yucatán Channel and the Florida Straits. On 29 June 1943, United States Army Coast...
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    next day and reached hurricane status late on July 3 as it neared the Yucatán Channel. Further intensification occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, and at around...
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    (14 mi) to the north. Mexico lies 210 km (130.5 mi) west across the Yucatán Channel (to the closest tip of Cabo Catoche in the State of Quintana Roo)....
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    Virgin Islands and the Windward Passage between Cuba and Haiti. The Yucatán Channel between Mexico and Cuba links the Gulf of Mexico with the Caribbean...
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    degenerated into a remnant low later on October 28 after emerging into the Yucatán Channel. The low dissipated near the western tip of Cuba on October 29. Several...
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    Norfolk, Virginia, to Key West, Florida, whence she patrolled the Yucatán Channel and the Florida Straits. In December, she returned to Norfolk. In January...
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    Idalia. Early on August 28, Idalia began moving northward toward the Yucatán Channel west of Cuba, intensifying along the way. After passing near the western...
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    (equivalent to $289 million in 2024). The storm then traversed the Yucatán Channel into the Gulf of Mexico and intensified further into the equivalent...
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