List of Important Straits of the World:
- A strait is defined as an Oceanic landform connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. It may be formed by a fracture in an isthmus, a narrow body of land that connects two bodies of water.
- They also serve as a channel through which ocean currents pass modifying the climate of that area. Due to these reasons, they play an important role in physical and human geography.
- Major straits of the world are used by commercial shipping to travel from one sea or exclusive economic zone to another and they are of immense strategic and commercial importance.
- In this article, I am providing you with the important straits in the world, connecting water bodies and countries located in these straits helpful for all SSC Exams and other competitive exams. List of Important Straits of the World.
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List of Important Straits of the World
Strait | Water Bodies Joined | Area |
Formosa Strait | The South China Sea & the East China Sea | China & Taiwan |
Korea Strait | The East China Sea and the Sea of Japan | Japan and South Korea |
Ten Degree Channel | Andaman Sea and & Bay of Bengal | Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman |
Eight Degree Channel | Minicoy Islands & Maldives | India & Maldives |
Palk Strait | Bay of Bengal & Indian Ocean | India & Sri Lanka |
Malacca Strait | Java Sea & Bay of Bengal | Indonesia & India |
Sunda Strait | Java Sea & Indian Ocean | Indonesia |
Lombok Strait | Bali Islands & Lombok | Indonesia |
Bosphorous Strait | Black Sea & Marmara Sea | Turkey |
Bering Strait | Arctic Ocean & Bering Sea | Alaska & Asia (Russia) |
Gibraltar Strait | Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean | Spain & Africa |
Dover Strait | North Sea & Atlantic Sea | England & Europe |
Florida Strait | Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean | Florida & Bahamas Island |
Bab-ab-Mandeb | Red Sea & The Gulf of Eden | Arabia & Africa |
Magellan Strait | South Pacific & South Atlantic Ocean | Chile |
Cook Strait | The Tasman Sea & South Pacific Ocean | New Zealand |
Davis Strait | The Baffin Bay & The Labrador Sea | Greenland and Canada |
Hudson Strait | Hudson Bay & the Labrador Sea | Baffin Island and Labrador peninsula |
North Channel | Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean | Ireland and Scotland |
Hormuz Strait | The Gulf of Oman & the Persian Gulf | Iran & Oman |
- The Straits have commercial and strategic importance. Bering, Gibraltar,
- Bab-ab-Mandeb and Bosphorous and etc. are straits which separates the continents. Gibraltar is also known as “the key to the Mediterranean Sea.”
- Candidates are advised to have a quick look of these straits and connecting water bodies as these are asked often in various exams.