Mozambique Channel

Mozambique Channel
Location of Mozambique Channel
Mozambique Channel
Coordinates	18°S 41°E / 18°S 41°E / -18; 41
Type	Arm
Part of	Indian Ocean
Basin countries	Madagascar and Mozambique
Max. length	1,600 km (990 mi)
Max. width	1,000 km (620 mi)
Min. width	419 km (260 mi)
Surface area	700,000 km2 (270,000 sq mi)
Max. depth	3,292 m (10,801 ft)

The Mozambique Channel (French: Canal du Mozambique, Malagasy: Lakandranon'i Mozambika, Portuguese: Canal de Moçambique) is an arm of the Indian Ocean located between the Southeast African countries of Madagascar and Mozambique. The channel is about 1,700 km (900 nmi; 1,100 mi) long and 419 km (226 nmi; 260 mi) across at its narrowest point, and reaches a depth of 3,292 m (10,801 ft) about 230 km (124 nmi; 143 mi) off the coast of Mozambique. A warm current, the Mozambique Current, flows in a southward direction in the channel, leading into the Agulhas Current off the east coast of Southern Africa.^[1]