Oceans Second Seven
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noun - The Oceans Second Seven is the open water swimming equivalent of the Seven Second Summits, the second-highest peaks of each continent. The Oceans Second Seven are a list of challenging channel crossings, cross-lake marathon swims or circumnavigations that are alternatives to the Oceans Seven swims (i.e., English Channel, North Channel, Strait of Gibraltar, Catalina Channel, Molokai Channel, Tsugaru Channel, and Cook Strait).
Alternative Swims in the Oceans Second Seven
- Straits of Magellan in Chile
- Skagerrak Strait between Norway, Sweden and Denmark
- Cape Point, South Africa
- Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Lake Baikal in Russia
- Beagle Channel between Argentina and Chile
- Lake Titicaca from Bolivia to Peru
- Gulf of Aqaba (or Eilat) between Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia
- Rottnest Channel in Australia
- circumnavigation of Yonaguni Island, Okinawa, Japan near Taiwan
- Loch Ness in Scotland
- circumnavigation of Isle of Wight or the Jersey Island
- Lake Tahoe between Nevada and California, U.S.A.
- Capri to Napoli in Italy
- Majorca to Minorca, Spanish Balearic Islands
- one of the channel crossings in the Santa Barbara Channel in California, U.S.A.
- crossing of the Five Lakes of Mount Fuji in Japan
- Lake Balaton in Hungary
- Lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada
- Jeble to Latakia in Syria
- circumnavigation of Manhattan Island in New York City, U.S.A.
- Gulf of Toroneos in Greece
