Sound (geography)

Sound (geography)

In geography a sound or seaway is a large sea or ocean inlet larger than a bay, deeper than a bight, and wider than a fjord; or it may be defined as a narrow sea or ocean channel between two bodies of land (see also strait).

There is little consistency in the use of 'sound' in English-language place names.

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Famous quotes containing the word sound:

    “Monte Beragon: When I’m close to you like this, there’s a sound in the air like the beating of wings. Do you know what that is?
    Mildred Pierce: No, what?
    Monte Beragon: My heart, beating like a schoolboy’s.
    Mildred Pierce: Is it? I thought it was mine.”
    —Ranald MacDougall (1915–1973)