Andrew Middleton @mapcenter.com · Mar 11 Open Street Map identifies just 2 straits, one of which is named. It's called "The Gut" 3 likes 1 replies ? Reply Replies Andrew Middleton · Mar 11 A 'strait' has to connect two larger bodies of water. It's not enough for it to be a necking down of a river, for example. There are plenty of narrow passageways throughout Narragansett Bay they're just not like, the entries to larger waterways.