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| type = Channel | part_of = Torres Strait | etymology = | inflow = | rivers = | outflow = | oceans = Coral Sea, South Pacific Ocean | catchment = | catchment_ref = | basin_countries = Australia | agency = Torres Strait Island Region | designation = | date-built = | engineer = | date-flooded = | length = | length_ref = | width = | width_ref = | area = | area_ref = | depth = | depth_ref = | max-depth = | max-depth_ref = | volume = | volume_ref = | residence_time = | salinity = | shore = | shore_ref = | elevation = | elevation_ref = | frozen = | islands = | sections = | trenches = | benches = | cities = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | latd = |latm = |lats = |latNS = | longd = |longm = |longs = |longEW = | website = | reference = }} The Adolphus Channel or the Albany passage is a channel located in the Torres Strait, situated northeast of the Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, Australia. The channel runs north of the Albany Island, one of the islands if the Manar group of the Torres Strait Islands archipelago, and to the south of Mount Adolphus Island. Adolphus Channel is a major shipping route for traffic passing from the eastern (Coral Sea) coast of Australia to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Arafura Sea and regions further west. It is about 7 km across at its narrowest point, mostly less than about 20 m in depth and opens towards the west (into the Torres Strait) and towards the east (into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon). The seabed of Adolphus Channel is :haracterized by scoured bedrock and sandwaves. Sediment samples collected from the sandwaves are 94-96% carbonate sand and gravel, which consists of whole and fragmented Halimeda, benthic foraminifera, gastropods, bivalves, bryozoans, corals, echinoid fragments with minor, angular to rounded quartz and litho-clastic grains. The sandwaves, which may rise up to 7 m above the level of the surrounding seabed, are of concern to the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service because they occur within a major shipping lane and pose a threat to navigation.〔Harris, P.T., 1989. Sandwave movement under tidal and wind-driven currents in a shallow marine environment: Adolphus Channel, northeastern Australia. Continental Shelf Research 9, 981-1002〕 On the night of 28 February 1890, the Royal Mail Ship RMS Quetta struck a rock and sank in Adolphus Channel, sending 134 of her passengers to their deaths. ==Manar group of islands== Adjacent to the channel are the Manar group of islands comprising: *Albany Island *Bush Islet *Eborac Island *Ida Island *Mai Islet *Middle Brother Islet *Tree Island Ida Island is north and adjacent to Muddy Bay, while the remaining islets are adjacent to Pioneer Bay on the north east coast of Albany Island.〔 Some of the islands and reefs in the area have dual naming with traditional names from the Torres Strait Islander people.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adolphus Channel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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