Menai Strait is a narrow strait between the island of Anglesey in the Irish Sea and the mainland of North Wales. The strait is about 16 miles (25 kilometers) long, stretching from Beaumaris in the northeast to Abermenai Point in the southwest. It varies in width from about 3 miles (5 kilometers) to as little as 600 feet (180 meters). Bangor is the largest town on the strait. Nearby is the well-known Menai Strait suspension bridge built by the Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford.
