A strait is a narrow passage of water between two land masses that connects two large water bodies. Straits are an integral part of shipping routes which makes them economically and strategically very important. It is commonly believed that a nation having control over a strait has control over the adjacent sea and even the shipping route. Acknowledging the importance of the strait, we have prepared a list of major straits of the world.
| Name of the Strait | Joining Sea/Water Bodies | Contiguous Landmass |
|---|---|---|
| Bab-el-Mandeb | Red Sea — Gulf of Aden | Yemen — Djibouti |
| Bass | Tasman Sea — South Sea | Australia |
| Bering | Bering Sea — Chuksi Sea | Alaska — Russia |
| Bonne-Fasio | Tyrrhenian Sea — Mediterranean Sea | Corsica island of France and Sardinia islands of Italy |
| Bosphorus | Black Sea — Sea of Marmara | Turkey (Divides Europe from Asia) |
| Cook | South Pacific Ocean | New Zealand (North & South Islands) |
| Dardenleez | Marmara Sea — Agean Sea | Turkey |
| Davis | Baffin Bay — Labrador Sea | Greenland — Canada |
| Denmark | North Atlantic — Arctic Ocean | Greenland — Iceland |
| Dover | English Channel — North Sea | England — France |
| Florida | Gulf of Mexico — Atlantic Ocean | USA — Cuba |
| Formosa | South China Sea — East China Sea | China — Taiwan |
| Fovex | South Pacific Ocean | New Zealand (South Island — Stewart Island) |
| Gibraltar | Mediterranean Sea — Atlantic Ocean | Spain — Morocco |
| Hormuz | Gulf of Persia — Gulf of Oman | Oman — Iran |
| Hudson | Hudson Bay — Labrador Sea | Canada (Baffin Island and Labrador peninsula) |
| Jamaica Channel | Caribbean Sea — North Atlantic | Jamaica and Hispaniola |
| Korea | East China Sea — Sea of Japan | Japan and South Korea |
| Magellan | Pacific — South Atlantic Ocean | Chile |
| Makkassar | Java Sea — Celebeze Sea | Indonesia |
| Malacca | Pacific Ocean — Indian Ocean | Malaysia and Sumatra |
| Mesina | Mediterranean Sea | Italy-Sicily |
| Mozambique | Indian Ocean | Mozambique — Malagasy |
| North Channel | Irish Sea — Atlantic Ocean | Ireland — England |
| Otranto | Adriatic Sea — Ionian Sea | Italy — Albania |
| Palk | Bay of Bengal — Palk Bay/Arabian Sea | India and Sri Lanka |
| Sunda | Java Sea — Indian Ocean | Java island of Indonesia with its Sumatra island. |
| Tatar | Japan Sea — Okhotsk Sea | Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands) |
| Taurus | Arafura Sea — Gulf of Papua | Papua New Guinea — Australia |
| Ten Degree Channel | Andaman Sea — Bay of Bengal | Car Nicobar Islands& Little Andaman |
| Tsungaru | Japan Sea — Pacific Ocean | Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu Island) |
| Yucatan | Gulf of Mexico — Caribbean Sea | Mexico — Cuba |
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