narrow seas

Those portions of the area which are taken to be land are very much divided by what appear to be narrow seas.

After several hours of such fighting as had scarcely been seen before on the narrow seas, he struck his flag.

A coxswain's wife would give more to know that her husband had crossed the narrow seas in safety.

But England was only across the narrow seas, and Prussia held great territories on the Rhine.

There are certain Norwegian fjords and narrow seas which it frequents, and it is scarcely ever seen in the open sea.