Important Straits in the World

A Strait is a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water. It is comparatively narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water.

Famous Straits in the World

Strait of Dover: It separates England and France

Cook Strait: It separates northern and southern New Zealand

Sauda Strait: It separates java and Sumatra island of Indonesia

Palk strait: It separates India from Sri Lanka

Strait of Gibraltar: It separates Europe from Africa

Strait of Bonifacio: It separates Sardinia island in Italy with Corsica island in France

Strait of Messina: It separates Italy and Sicily

Malacca Strait: It separates Malaysia and Indonesia

Davis Strait: It separates Greenland and Canada

Bass Strait: It separates Australia and Tasmania

Bering Strait: It separates Russia and America

Strait of Hormuz: It separates Oman and Iran

Taurus Strait: It separates Papua Guiana and Australia

Yucatan Strait: It separates Mexico and Cuba

Formosa Strait: It separates China and Taiwan

Straits	Separates land mass	Joining sea
Hormuz strait	Iran and UAE	The Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
Bab-el-Mandeb	Djibouti, Yemen and Eritrea of Somali Peninsula	The Gulf of Aden and Red sea
Ten Degree Channel	Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman	Andaman sea and Bay of Bengal
Sunda Strait	Java island of Indonesia with its Sumatra island.	Java sea to the Indian Ocean
Florida Strait	Cuba and USA	Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
Bering strait	Asia from America	Arctic ocean and East Pacific ocean
Strait of Gibraltar	Spain and Morocco	The Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea
Korea Strait	Japan and South Korea	East China sea and 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	Tyrrhenian sea and Mediterranean sea
Palk strait	India and Sri Lanka	The Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay in the southwest
Bosphorus Strait	Divides Europe from Asia	Black sea to Marmara sea
Bass strait	Tasmania island and mainland Australia	The Great Australian Bight and Tasman sea
Davis Strait	Between Greenland and Canada	The Baffin bay and Labrador sea
Jamaica Channel	Jamaica and Hispaniola	Caribbean sea and North Atlantic
Hudson strait	Baffin island and Labrador peninsula	Hudson bay and Labrador sea