List of Major Straits – Geography Notes PDF in English & Hindi for UPSC and Other Competitive Exams
List of Major Straits: 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. 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.
List of Major Straits
| Strait | Contiguous Landmass | Joining Seas/Water Bodies |
| Formosa Strait | China and Taiwan | The South China Sea and the East China Sea |
| Strait of Tartary | Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands) | Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan |
| Yucatan Strait | Mexico and Cuba | The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea |
| Mesina Strait | Italy and Sicily | The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, within the central Mediterranean |
| Otranto Strait | Italy and Albania | Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea |
| Cook Strait | New Zealand | The Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean |
| Mozambique Channel | Mozambique and Madagascar | Indian Ocean |
| North Channel | Ireland and Scotland | Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean |
| Hormuz Strait | Iran and Oman | The Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf |
| Bab-el-Mandeb | Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea of the Somali Peninsula | The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea |
| Ten Degree Channel | Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman | Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal |
| Sunda Strait | Java island of Indonesia with its Sumatra island. | Java Sea and the Indian Ocean |
| Florida Strait | Cuba and the USA | Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean |
| Bering Strait | Asia from America | The Arctic Ocean and East Pacific ocean |
| Strait of Gibraltar | Spain and Morocco | The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Korea Strait | Japan and South Korea | The East China Sea and the 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 | The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Palk Strait | India and Sri Lanka | The Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay/Arabian Sea in the southwest |
| Bosphorus Strait | Divides Europe from Asia | The Black Sea to Sea of Marmara |
| Bass Strait | Tasmania island and mainland Australia | The Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea |
| Davis Strait | Between Greenland and Canada | The Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea |
| Jamaica Channel | Jamaica and Hispaniola | The Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic |
| Hudson Strait | Baffin Island and Labrador peninsula | Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea |
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