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The document lists 20 major straits around the world, providing the name of each strait, the bodies of water it connects, and the land masses it separates. A strait is defined as a thin waterbody that connects two large water masses and separates two land masses. The major straits mentioned include the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, the English Channel between England and France, the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, and the Strait of Malacca between the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.

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The document lists 20 major straits around the world, providing the name of each strait, the bodies of water it connects, and the land masses it separates. A strait is defined as a thin waterbody that connects two large water masses and separates two land masses. The major straits mentioned include the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska, the English Channel between England and France, the Strait of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco, and the Strait of Malacca between the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.

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General Knowledge - Major Straits

The following table enlists the major Straits* of the world −

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Strait Connects Separates

Bab-el-Mandeb Red Sea to Gulf of Yamen (Asia) from Djibouti &


Aden Eritrea (Africa)

Bass strait Pacific Ocean (No Tasmania from the Australian


other water body) mainland

Bering Strait Bering Sea (Pacific Russia from Alaska (USA)


Ocean) to Chukchi
Sea (Arctic Ocean)

Bosphorus Strait Black Sea to Sea of Asian Turkey from European


Marmara Turkey

Cook Strait Pacific Ocean (No North Island from South Islands of
other water body) New Zealand

Davis strait Baffin Bay to Atlantic Greenland from Nunavut


Ocean (Canada's Baffin Island)

Denmark strait Atlantic Ocean (No Iceland from Greenland


other water body)

Dover strait English Channel & England from France


North Sea

English Channel North Sea & Atlantic England from France


Ocean

Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico to Florida (USA) from Cuba


Atlantic Ocean

Gibraltar Strait Atlantic Ocean to Spain (Europe) from Morocco


Mediterranean Sea (Africa)

Hormuz strait Gulf of Oman to UAE & Oman from Iran


Persian Gulf

Hudson strait Atlantic Ocean to Baffin Island from Quebec (in


Hudson Bay Canada)

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Magellan strait Pacific Ocean to Mainland South America from


Atlantic Ocean north and Tierra del Fuego to the
south (South America)

Malacca Strait South China Sea to Malay Peninsula from Indonesian


Andaman Sea island

Mozambique Strait Indian Ocean (No Madagascar from Mozambique


other water body)

Palk Strait Bay of Bengal to Gulf India from Sri Lanka


of Mannar

Sunda Strait Indian Ocean to Java Islands of Java from Sumatra


Sea (Indonesia)

Torres Strait Arafura Sea to Coral Australia from Papua New Guinea
Sea (Pacific Ocean)

Tsugaru Strait Sea of Japan (East Honshu from Hokkaido (Japan)


Sea) to Pacific Ocean

Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico to Mexico from Cuba


Caribbean Sea

100 Channel Bay of Bengal to Island of Little Andaman from Car


Andaman Sea Nicobar Island (of India)

90 Channel Indian Ocean (No Laccadive Islands of Kalpeni from


other water body) Suheli Par, and Maliku Atoll (of
India)

*Strait is a thin waterbody that connects two big water masses and separates two land
masses.

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