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Major Straits of the World: A Complete list

Famous Straits of the world and India

  A Strait is defined as a comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water. It may also be described as a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.

  Updated January 20, 2018 A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. The terms strait, channel, passage, sound, and firth can be synonymous and interchangeable, although each is sometimes differentiated with varying senses.   

What are the strategically important gulfs and straits of the world?

Agate Pass - Puget Sound Agattu Strait - Aleutians Akashi Strait - Japan Amchitka Pass - Aleutians Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla Arthur Kill - Staten Island and New Jersey Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Gulf of Aden / Arabian Sea Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo Strait of Baltiysk - between Vistula Bay and Gdansk Bay Bangka Strait - between Sumatra and Bangka Island Bass Strait - between mainland Australia and Tasmania Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada Bering Strait - between Asia and North America Bransfield Strait - between South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula Bohol Strait - also called Cebu Strait, between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines Strait of Bonifacio - between Corsica and Sardinia Bosporus - between Europe and Asia Bungo Channel - Japan Cabot Strait - between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island Strait of Canso - between Cape Breton Island and mainland Nova Scotia Carquinez Strait - connects San Pablo Bay and Suisun Bay, California Chatham Strait - between Chichagof Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska Colvos Passage - Puget Sound Cook Strait - between the North Island and South Island of New Zealand Dalco Passage - Puget Sound Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) - between New Britain and Umboi Island Dampier Strait (Indonesia) - between Bird's Head Peninsula and Raja Ampat Islands Danish straits - between Scandinavia and Jutland Dardanelles - between Europe and Asia Davis Strait - between Baffin Island and Greenland Deception Pass - Puget Sound Denmark Strait - between Greenland and Iceland Detroit River - between Lake St. Clair and Lake Erie Dolphin and Union Strait - between Northwest Territories and Victoria Island Strait of Dover or Pas de Calais - (English Channel) Dragon's Mouth (Boca del Dragón) - between Trinidad and Venezuela Drake Passage - between South America and Antarctica East River - between Manhattan, the Bronx and Long Island English Channel - between Great Britain and France Falkland Sound, - between West Falkland and East Falkland Straits of Florida - between Florida and Cuba Foveaux Strait - between the South Island and Stewart Island of New Zealand Fury and Hecla Strait - between Baffin Island and Melville Peninsula, formosa strait in asia Strait of Georgia - between Vancouver Island and British Columbia Strait of Gibraltar - between Europe and Africa Golden Gate - between the Marin headlands and San Francisco, California Great Belt - Denmark Guadeloupe Passage - north of Guadeloupe, ((West Indies)) Harlem River - between Manhatten and The Bronx Hecate Strait - between Queen Charlotte Island and British Columbia Honguedo Strait - between Anticosti Island and Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec Strait of Hormuz - between Arabia and Iran Hoyo Strait - Japan Hudson Strait - between Baffin Island and Quebec Johor Strait - between Singapore and the state of Johor of Malaysia Strait of Juan de Fuca - between Vancouver Island, Canada and Olympic Peninsula, United States Kalmar Strait - between Öland and Småland Kanmon Strait - between Honshu and Kyushu Kara Strait Karimata Strait - between Sumatra and Borneo Kerch Strait - between Crimea and Russia Kill Van Kull - between Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey Kitan Strait - Japan Korea Strait - between Korea and Japan Kwangtung Strait La Perouse Strait (also Soya Strait) - between Sakhalin and Japan Lancaster Strait Little Belt - Denmark Lombok Strait Luzon Strait - between Taiwan and Luzon, Philippines Straits of Mackinac - between Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas Strait of Magellan - between South America and Tierra del Fuego Makassar Strait - between Borneo and Sulawesi Straits of Malacca - between Malaysia and Sumatra Mare Island Strait Martinique Passage - between Dominica and Martinique McClure Strait - Melville Island and Banks Island Menai Strait - between Anglesey and mainland Wales Strait of Messina - between Sicily and mainland Italy Mindoro Strait - between Mindoro and Palawan in the Philippines Mona Passage - between Hispaniola and Puerto Rico Myeongnyang Strait - between Jindo Island and mainland South Korea Nares Strait - between Ellesmere Island and Northern Greenland and connects Baffin Bay with Lincoln Sea / the Arctic Sea. The Narrows - between Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City Naruto Strait - Japan North Channel - between Northern Ireland and Scotland Northumberland Strait - between Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick/Nova Scotia Oresund - between Denmark and Sweden Strait of Otranto - between Italy and Albania Palk Strait - between India and Sri Lanka Pertuis d'Antioche - on the Atlantic coast of Western France Pickering Passage - Puget Sound Port Washington Narrows - Puget Sound Porte des Morts - between the Bay of Green Bay and Lake Michigan Panama - Between North America and South America (Panama Canal) Qiongzhou Strait - Hainan and Guangdong Rich Passage - Puget Sound San Bernardino Strait - between Luzon and Samar in the Philippines San Juanico Strait - between Samar and Leyte islands in the Philippines Serpent's Mouth (Boca del Serpiente) - between Trinidad and Venezuela Skagerrak between Denmark, Norway and Sweden Shelikof Strait - between mainland Alaska and Kodiak Island Shimonoseki Strait Strait of Dover - part of the English Channel between Great Britain and France Strait of Sicily - between Sicily and Africa Singapore Strait - between Singapore and Indonesia (Sumatra) Smith Strait Sumba Strait - between Flores and Sumba, Indonesia Sunda Strait - between Sumatra and Java Surigao Strait - between Leyte and Mindanao islands in the Philippines Tablas Strait - between Mindoro and Panay islands in the Philippines Tacoma Narrows - Puget Sound Taiwan Strait - between Taiwan and Mainland China Tanon Strait - between Negros and Cebu islands in the Philippines Strait of Tartary (also Mamiya Strait and Strait of Nevelskoi) - Sakhalin Strait of Tiran - between the Sinai peninsula and Saudi Arabia Torres Strait - between New Guinea and Australia Tsugaru Strait - between Hokkaido and Honshu Tsushima Strait - between Iki Island and Korean Peninsula Soya Strait - Vitiaz Strait - between New Guinea and Long Island Windward Passage - between Cuba and Hispaniola Yucatan Channel - between Mexico and Cuba  

The world's most important trade route?

  The Strait of Malacca, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, has long been a major gateway for trade to and from Asia   Name Joins Location Malacca Strait Andaman Sea & South China Sea Indonesia - Malaysia Palk Strait Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal India-Sri Lanka Sunda Strait Java Sea & Indian Ocean Indonesia Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico and Carribbean Sea Mexico-Cuba Mesina Strait Mediterranean Sea Italy-Sicily Otranto Strait Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea Italy-Albania Bab-el-Mandeb Strait Red Sea & Gulf of Aden Yemen-Djibouti Cook Strait South Pacific Ocean New Zealand (N & S islands) Mozambique Strait Indian Ocean Mozambique - Malagassy North Channel Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean Ireland-England Taurus Strait Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea - Australia Bass strait Tasman Sea & South Sea Australia Bering Strait Bering Sea & Chuksi Sea Alaska-Russia Bonne-Fasio Strait Mediterranean Sea Corsika-Sardinia Bosporous Strait Black Sea and Marmara Sea Turkey Dardenleez Strait Marmara Sea and Agean Sea Turkey Davis strait Baffin Bay & Atlantic Ocean Greenland-Canada Denmark strait North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean Greenland-Iceland Dover strait English Channel & North Sea England-France Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean USA-Cuba Hormuz strait Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman Oman-Iran Hudson strait Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean Canada Gibraltar Strait Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean Spain-Morocco Magellan strait Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean Chile Makkassar Strait Java Sea & Celebeze Sea Indonesia Tsungaru Strait Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu island) Tatar Strait Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea Russia (E Russia-Sakhalin Island)   Read the full article