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Major Straits of The World - A Complete List

The document lists 29 major straits around the world, providing their locations and the bodies of water they connect. Straits play an important commercial and strategic role, separating continents in some cases. Examples given are Bering, Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Bosporus, and Torres Straits. The Strait of Gibraltar is specifically noted as being known as "the key to the Mediterranean Sea."

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Major Straits of The World - A Complete List

The document lists 29 major straits around the world, providing their locations and the bodies of water they connect. Straits play an important commercial and strategic role, separating continents in some cases. Examples given are Bering, Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb, Bosporus, and Torres Straits. The Strait of Gibraltar is specifically noted as being known as "the key to the Mediterranean Sea."

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10/7/2019 Major Straits of the World: A Complete list

1. Malacca Strait

Joins: Andaman Sea & South China Sea

Location: Indonesia –Malaysia

2. Palk Strait

Join: Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal

Location: India-Sri Lanka

3. Sunda Strait

Join: Java Sea & Indian Ocean

Location: Indonesia

4. Yucatan Strait

Join: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea

Location: Mexico-Cuba

5. Mesina Strait

Join: Mediterranean Sea

Location: Italy-Sicily

6. Otranto Strait

Join: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea

Location: Italy-Albania

7. Bab-el-Mandeb Strait

Join: Red Sea & Gulf of Aden

Location: Yemen-Djibouti

8. Cook Strait

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Join: South Pacific Ocean

Location: New Zealand (North & South Islands)

9. Mozambique Strait

Join: Indian Ocean

Location: Mozambique -Malagasy

10. North Channel

Join: Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean

Location: Ireland-England

11. Taurus Strait

Join: Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua

Location: Papua New Guinea — Australia

12. Bass Strait

Join: Tasman Sea & South Sea

Location: Australia

13. Bering Strait

Join: Bering Sea & Chuksi Sea

Location: Alaska-Russia

14. Bonne-Fasio Strait

Join: Mediterranean Sea

Location: Corsika — Sardinia

15. Bosporous Strait

Join: Black Sea and Marmara Sea

Location: Turkey

List of the world's important cities situated on the Bank of Rivers

16. Dardenleez Strait

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Join: Marmara Sea and Agean Sea

Location: Turkey

17. Davis Strait

Join: Baffin Bay & Atlantic Ocean

Location: Greenland-Canada

18. Denmark Strait

Join: North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean

Location: Greenland-Iceland

19. Dover strait

Join: English Channel & North Sea

Location: England-France

20. Florida Strait

Join: Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean

Location: USA-Cuba

21. Hormuz Strait

Join: Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman

Location: Oman-Iran

22. Hudson strait

Join: Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean

Location: Canada

23. Gibraltar Strait

Join: Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean

Location: Spain-Morocco

24. Magellan strait

Join: Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean

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Location: Chile

25. Makkassar Strait

Join: Java Sea & Celebeze Sea

Location: Indonesia

26. Tsungaru Strait

Join: Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean

Location: Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu Island)

27. Tatar Strait

Join: Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea

Location: Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands)

28. Fovex Strait

Join: South Pacific Ocean

Location: New Zealand (South Island- Stewart Island)

29. Formosa Strait

Join: South China Sea & East China Sea

Location: China-Taiwan

The Straits have commercial and strategic importance. Bering, Gibraltar, Bab-el-Mandeb,
Bosporus and Torres, etc. are straits which separates the continents. Gibraltar is also
known as ‘the key to the Mediterranean Sea’. There is a railway tunnel which joins
landmasses through straits like Tsungaru and Dover. Hence, in the above list of World’s
major Straits gives a quick revision on the concept, definition and straits around the
world.

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