List Of Major Straits Of The World
A strait is a naturally formed navigable narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two larger bodies.
- As most of the trade takes place through sea routes, these straits provide navigable routes to various ships.
- Straits are also used to generate tidal power using turbines, for e.g. Cook’s strait in New Zealand.
- Difference between Strait and Isthmus:
- A strait lies between two land masses connecting two larger water bodies, while an isthmus lies between two water bodies connecting two larger land-masses.
List of major straits of the world are tabulated below:
| Strait | Contiguous Landmass | Joining Seas/Water Bodies |
| Palk Strait | India and Sri Lanka | Bay of Bengal with the Gulf of Mannar |
| Duncan Passage | Rutland and Little Andaman | Bay of Bengal |
| Formosa Strait/ Taiwan Strait | China and Taiwan | The South China Sea and the East China Sea |
| Luzon Strait | Between Taiwan and Philippine (LUZON ISLAND) | Philippine Sea to the South China Sea |
| Strait of Tartary | Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands) | Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan |
| Yucatan Strait | Mexico and Cuba | The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea |
| Mesina Strait | Italy and Sicily | The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, within the central Mediterranean |
| Otranto Strait | Italy and Albania | Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea |
| Cook Strait | New Zealand (separates the North and South New Zealand) | The Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean |
| Mozambique Channel | Mozambique and Madagascar | Indian Ocean |
| North Channel | Ireland and Scotland | Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
| Hormuz Strait | Iran and Oman | The Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf |
| Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb | Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula, and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa | The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea |
| Ten Degree Channel | Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman | Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal |
| Sunda Strait | Java island of Indonesia with its Sumatra island. | Java Sea and the Indian Ocean |
| Florida Strait | Cuba and the USA | Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean |
| Bering Strait | Asia from America | The Arctic Ocean and East Pacific ocean |
| Strait of Gibraltar | Spain and Morocco | The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Korea Strait | Japan and South Korea | The East China Sea and the Sea of Japan |
| Strait of Malacca | Malaysia and Sumatra | The Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west |
| Bonifacio Strait | Corsica island of France and Sardinia islands of Italy | The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Bosphorus Strait | Divides Europe from Asia | The Black Sea to Sea of Marmara |
| Bass Strait | Tasmania island and mainland Australia | The Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea |
| Davis Strait | Between Greenland and Canada | The Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea |
| Jamaica Channel | Jamaica and Hispaniola | The Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic |
| Hudson Strait | Baffin Island and Labrador peninsula | Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea |
| Dardanelles Strait | Asian Turkey and European Turkey | Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara |
| La Perouse strait | Sakhalin Island of Russia and Hokkaido Island of Japan | Sea of Okhotsk with the Sea of Japan |
| Tsugaru Strait | Hokkaido and Honshu island of Japan | Sea of Japan and the Pacific Sea |
| Dover strait | Britain and Continental Europe | English channel with the North Sea |
| Magellan Strait | Mainland South America and Tierra Del Fuego | Atlantic and Pacific Ocean |
| Strait of Singapore | Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia | Between Strait of Malacca and the Karimata Strait |
| Makassar Strait | Indonesia (Island of Borneo and Sulawesi) | Celebes Sea and Java Sea |
| Strait of Otranto | Separates Italy and Albania | Connects Adriatic Sea Ionian Sea |
| Strait of Sicily | Between Sicily and Tunisia | Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea |
| English Channel | Separates southern England from France | Connects North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Great Channel | Denmark | Connects Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean |
Important Facts
- Longest Strait : Strait of Malacca (800 km)
- Narrowest Strait : Bosphorus Strait
- Bering Strait : separates Asia from America
- Bass Strait : separates Australia from Tasmania
- Gibraltar Strait : separates Africa from Europe
- Bosphorous strait : separates Europe from Asia
- Strait of Bab-El-Mandeb : separates Asia from Africa
Also refer :
- Download the pdf of Important MCQs From the History Of Ancient India
- List Of Important Inscriptions In India
