The following table enlists the major Straits* of the world −
Strait | Connects | Separates |
---|---|---|
Bab-el-Mandeb | Red Sea to Gulf of Aden | Yamen (Asia) from Djibouti & Eritrea (Africa) |
Bass strait | Pacific Ocean (No other water body) | Tasmania from the Australian mainland |
Bering Strait | Bering Sea (Pacific Ocean) to Chukchi Sea (Arctic Ocean) | Russia from Alaska (USA) |
Bosphorus Strait | Black Sea to Sea of Marmara | Asian Turkey from European Turkey |
Cook Strait | Pacific Ocean (No other water body) | North Island from South Islands of New Zealand |
Davis strait | Baffin Bay to Atlantic Ocean | Greenland from Nunavut (Canada's Baffin Island) |
Denmark strait | Atlantic Ocean (No other water body) | Iceland from Greenland |
Dover strait | English Channel & North Sea | England from France |
English Channel | North Sea & Atlantic Ocean | England from France |
Florida Strait | Gulf of Mexico to Atlantic Ocean | Florida (USA) from Cuba |
Gibraltar Strait | Atlantic Ocean to Mediterranean Sea | Spain (Europe) from Morocco (Africa) |
Hormuz strait | Gulf of Oman to Persian Gulf | UAE & Oman from Iran |
Hudson strait | Atlantic Ocean to Hudson Bay | Baffin Island from Quebec (in Canada) |
Magellan strait | Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean | Mainland South America from north and Tierra del Fuego to the south (South America) |
Malacca Strait | South China Sea to Andaman Sea | Malay Peninsula from Indonesian island |
Mozambique Strait | Indian Ocean (No other water body) | Madagascar from Mozambique |
Palk Strait | Bay of Bengal to Gulf of Mannar | India from Sri Lanka |
Sunda Strait | Indian Ocean to Java Sea | Islands of Java from Sumatra (Indonesia) |
Torres Strait | Arafura Sea to Coral Sea (Pacific Ocean) | Australia from Papua New Guinea |
Tsugaru Strait | Sea of Japan (East Sea) to Pacific Ocean | Honshu from Hokkaido (Japan) |
Yucatan Strait | Gulf of Mexico to Caribbean Sea | Mexico from Cuba |
100 Channel | Bay of Bengal to Andaman Sea | Island of Little Andaman from Car Nicobar Island (of India) |
90 Channel | Indian Ocean (No other water body) | Laccadive Islands of Kalpeni from Suheli Par, and Maliku Atoll (of India) |
*Strait is a thin waterbody that connects two big water masses and separates two land masses.