Straits

Straits

Strait Joining Seas/Water Bodies Contiguous Landmass
Bab-el-Mandeb The Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea Djibouti, Yemen, and Eritrea of the Somali Peninsula
Bass Strait The Great Australian Bight and the Tasman Sea Tasmania island and mainland Australia
Bering Strait The Arctic Ocean and East Pacific ocean Asia from America
Bonifacio Strait The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea Corsica island of France and Sardinia islands of Italy
Bosphorus Strait The Black Sea to Sea of Marmara Divides Europe from Asia
Cook Strait The Tasman Sea and South Pacific Ocean New Zealand
Dardenelle Strait Marmara Sea and Agean Sea Turkey
Davis Strait The Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea Greenland and Canada
Denmark Strait North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean Greenland-Iceland
Dover strait English Channel & North Sea England-France
Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean Cuba and the USA
Formosa Strait The South China Sea and the East China Sea China and Taiwan
Fovex Strait South Pacific Ocean New Zealand (South Island- Stewart Island)
Hormuz Strait The Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf Iran and Oman
Hudson Strait Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea Baffin Island and Labrador peninsula
Jamaica Channel The Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Jamaica and Hispaniola
Korea Strait The East China Sea and the Sea of Japan Japan and South Korea
Magellan strait Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean Chile
Makkassar Strait Java Sea & Celebes Sea Indonesia
Mesina Strait The Tyrrhenian Sea and the Ionian Sea, within the central Mediterranean Italy and Sicily
Mozambique Channel Indian Ocean Mozambique and Madagascar
North Channel Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean Ireland and Scotland
Otranto Strait Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea Italy and Albania
Palk Strait The Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay/Arabian Sea in the southwest India and Sri Lanka
Strait of Gibraltar The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea Spain and Morocco
Strait of Malacca The Pacific Ocean to the east with the Indian Ocean to the west Malaysia and Sumatra
Strait of Tartary Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands)
Sunda Strait Java Sea and the Indian Ocean Java island of Indonesia with Sumatra
Tatar Strait Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands)
Taurus Strait Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea — Australia
Ten Degree Channel Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman
Tsungaru Strait Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu Island)
Yucatan Strait The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea Mexico and Cuba