windward passage

English Thesaurus

1. a channel between eastern Cuba and western Haiti that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Caribbean Sea (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	channel,
definition	:	a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels (noun.object)

part meronym	:	atlantic, atlantic ocean,
definition	:	the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east (noun.object)