Sound (geography) 385319 222209384 2008-06-28T02:41:58Z 75.183.243.92 /* United States */ {{unreferenced|date=January 2008}} {{TOCleft}} {{otherusesof|sound}}{{Redirect|Seaway|the television series|Seaway (TV series)}} [[Image:oresund from helsingborg.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Northern Øresund]] [[Image:CurrituckSoundLiveOak.wmg.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A live oak on Knotts Island, North Carolina overlooks the Currituck Sound.]] In [[geography]] a '''sound''' or '''seaway''' is a large sea or ocean [[inlet]] larger than a [[Headlands and bays|bay]], deeper than a [[bight (geography)|bight]], wider than a [[fjord]], or it may identify a narrow sea or ocean [[channel (geography)|channel]] between two bodies of land (see also [[strait]]). There is little consistency in the use of 'sound' in English-language [[Toponymy|place names]]. Traditionally in northern European usage, ''the'' '''Sound''' is the [[Øresund]], the strait that separates [[Denmark]] (the outermost Danish island being [[Zealand|Sjælland]]) and [[Sweden]], the narrow channel (2.5 miles or 4 kilometers wide) that connects the [[Kattegat]] with the [[Baltic Sea]]. 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). 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 island|barrier beaches]] is termed the [[Great South Bay]]. [[Pamlico Sound]] is a similar [[lagoon]] that lies between [[North Carolina]] and its barrier beaches, the [[Outer Banks]], in a similar situation. The [[Mississippi Sound]] separates the [[Gulf of Mexico]] from the mainland along much of the gulf coasts of [[Mississippi]] and [[Alabama]]. On the West Coast, [[Puget Sound]], by contrast, is a deep [[Arm (geography)|arm]] of the ocean. 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. 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. This type of sound is more properly termed a ''[[fjord]]'' (or ''fiord''). The sounds in [[Fiordland]], [[New Zealand]], have been formed this way. A sound generally connotes a protected anchorage. [[Image:Puget Sound from Space Needle High Rex.jpg|thumb|center|1000px|Puget Sound taken from the Space Needle.]] ==Etymology== The word "sound" in this sense came from [[Old English|Anglo-Saxon]] or [[Old Norse]] ''sund'', which also means "[[swim]]ming"; it may have originally meant "sea strait narrow enough for a man to swim across". ==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|Derby]], [[Western Australia]] *[[King George Sound]] at [[Albany, Western Australia|Albany]], [[Western Australia]] *Montague Sound, [[Western Australia]] *Noosa Sound, [[Noosa]] in [[Queensland]] *York Sound, [[Western Australia]] ===[[Bahamas]]=== *Exuma Sound, bordered by [[Eleuthera]], [[Cat Island (Bahamas)|Cat Island]] and [[Great Exuma]], among others *Millars Sound, [[New Providence]] *Rock Sound, [[Eleuthera]] *The Sound, [[Bimini]] ===[[Bermuda]]=== [[Great Sound, 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 [[British Columbia Coast|coast]] of [[British Columbia]]. *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, Newfoundland and Labrador|Fogo Island]] and the [[Newfoundland (island)|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, Nunavut|Long Island]] in [[Nunavut]], and [[Québec]][http://mappoint.msn.com/(rddmzdbprlpfsl5504qmz245)/map.aspx?C=0%2c0&A=100000&L=WLD0409] *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, Nunavut|Prince of Wales Island]] and [[Somerset Island and Fort Ross|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, Canada|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]]=== *The Sound, another name for [[Øresund]], a body of water between [[Sweden]] and [[Denmark]] ===[[Solomon Islands]]=== *[[New Georgia Sound]] ===[[United States]]=== *[[Albemarle Sound]] in [[North Carolina]] *[[Block Island Sound]] between [[Block Island]] and mainland [[Rhode Island]] *[[Bogue Sound]] in [[North Carolina]] *[[Breton Sound]] in [[Louisiana]] *Calibogue Sound in [[Hilton Head Island, 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, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint Thomas]] and [[Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands|Saint John]] [[Category:Sounds| ]] [[da:Sund (farvand)]] [[de:Meerenge]] [[no:Sund (farvann)]]