Columbus Channel
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Template:Infobox body of water The Columbus Channel or Serpent's Mouth (Template:Langx), is a strait lying between Icacos Point in southwest Trinidad and Tobago and the north coast of Venezuela. It leads from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Paria. The channel is about Template:Convert wide at its narrowest point.<ref name="DK2015">Template:Cite book</ref>
History

The passage was named by Christopher Columbus on his third voyage.<ref name="Eric">Template:Cite book</ref>