Irbe Strait , also known as Irben Strait ( Estonian : Kura kurk, Irbe väin , Latvian : Irbes jūras šaurums , Livonian : Sūr meŗ ), forms the main exit out of the Gulf of Riga to the Baltic Sea , between the Sõrve Peninsula forming the southern end of the island Saaremaa in Estonia and Courland Peninsula in Latvia . It is 27 km (17 mi) wide at its narrowest point. A shipping channel has been dredged along its southern shore to allow larger ships to pass.
2-686: The strait is named after the Irbe River , which flows into it along the Livonian Coast in Latvia. See also Saunags . 57°48′0″N 22°12′30″E / 57.80000°N 22.20833°E / 57.80000; 22.20833 This Estonia location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Latvian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Irbe (river) Irbe (also Dižirbe, Dižirve, Irbes upe, Irve, Livonian : Īra)
4-734: Is a coastal river on the northern Courland Peninsula , Latvia . Of length 32 km, it starts as the confluence of Stende and Rinda [ lv ] rivers and it follows the coastline of the Irbe Strait , reaching the Baltic Sea in the Irbe Strait about halfway between the promontories of the Oviši Lighthouse and cape Kolka . It runs within the Tārgale parish , Ventspils district . Its only significant tributary (left)
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