sea passage
Nautical travel route
A sea passage is a journey by ship across water, typically covering a significant distance: The sea passage from Southampton to New York took six days.
The term emphasizes the voyage itself rather than the destination, often implying duration or the experience of being at sea.
- straitConstricted marine passage
- channelPassage for transmission
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- open waterUnobstructed body navigable freely
- high seasWaters beyond jurisdiction
bow · wave · rough seas · trade route · nautical chart · compass · voyage · ocean voyage · salt · fjord · spice trade · cargo ship · cargo hold · crossing · maritime · sextant · steerage · swell
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- ship operationsanchoring, berthing, docking, undocking, mooring
- trade routesspice route, silk road, Silk Road, cargo routes, merchant routes
- straitsBering Strait, Bosphorus, Bosporus, Gibraltar, Hormuz
mode of travel
sea passageoverland journey
Travel across solid ground
road trip · trek · air travel · flight · march
movement vs. stasis
sea passagelandfall
Reaching shore after voyage
anchorage · mooring · staying put · shore leave · harborage