Major Straits of the world with Map - General Knowledge for UPSC, IAS, APPSC, IBPS & Bank PO Exams

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Q) What is a Strait?
A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water. It most commonly refers to a channel of water that lies between two land masses, but it may also refer to a navigable channel through a body of water that is otherwise not navigable, for example because it is too shallow, or because it contains an unnavigable reef or archipelago.

Name	Joins	Location
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait	Red Sea & Gulf of Aden	Yemen-Djibouti
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
Cook Strait	South Pacific Ocean	New Zealand (N & S islands)
Dardenleez Strait	Marmara Sea and Aegean 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
Gibraltar Strait	Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean	Spain-Morocco
Hormuz strait	Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman	Oman-Iran
Hudson strait	Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean	Canada
Magellan strait	Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean	Chile
Makkassar Strait	Java Sea & Celebeze Sea	Indonesia
Malacca Strait	Andaman Sea & South China Sea	Indonesia - Malaysia
Mesina Strait	Mediterranean Sea	Italy-Sicily
Mozambique Strait	Indian Ocean	Mozambique - Malagasy
North Channel	Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean	Ireland-England
Otranto Strait	Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea	Italy-Albania
Palk Strait	Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal	India-Sri Lanka
Sunda Strait	Java Sea & Indian Ocean	Indonesia
Tatar Strait	Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea	Russia (E Russia-Sakhalin Island)
Taurus Strait	Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea - Australia
Tsungaru Strait	Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean	Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu island)
Yucatan Strait	Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea	Mexico-Cuba

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