major straits of the world pdf download

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.

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.

Download list of all the major trade routes and straits of the world PDF

List of Important Gulfs and Straits in 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 the Red Sea to the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the Korean Peninsula
• Soya Strait –
• Vitiaz Strait – between New Guinea and Long Island
• Windward Passage – between Cuba and Hispaniola
• Yucatan Channel – between Mexico and Cuba

List of Major Trade Routes of the World:

Name	Joins	Location
Malacca Strait	Andaman Sea & South China Sea	Indonesia – Malaysia
Palk Strait	Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal	India-Sri Lanka
Sunda Strait	the 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 – Malagasy
North Channel	Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean	Ireland-England
Taurus Strait	Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea – Australia
Bass strait	the Tasman Sea & South Sea	Australia
Bering Strait	Bering Sea & Chukchi Sea	Alaska-Russia
Bonne-Fasio Strait	Mediterranean Sea	Corsica -Sardinia
Bosporus 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	the 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
Tsugaru Strait	Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean	Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu island)
Tatar Strait	Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea	Russia (E Russia-Sakhalin Island)

Source: https://blog.examin.co.in/major-straits-of-the-world-a-complete-list/

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