IMPORTANT STRAITS

Name	Between	Links
Bab-el-Mandeb	Saudi Arabia and Africa	Red Sea and Arabian sea
Bering	Alaska (USA) and Russia	Arctic ocean and Bering Sea
Bosporous	Asian Turkey and European Turkey	Black Sea and Sea of Marmara
Dardanelles	Asian Turkey and European Turkey	Sea of Marmara and Aegean Sea
Dover	England and Europe	North Sea and Atlantic Ocean
Florida	Florida and Bahamas Islands	Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean
Gibraltar	Spain and Africa	Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
Magellan	South America and Tierra-del Fuego Islands	South Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean
Malacca	Malaysia and Sumatra	Java Sea and Bay of Bengal
Palk	India and Sri Lanka	Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea.
Strait of Tartary	Sakhalin Island and Russia	Sea of Japan and Skhalinsky
Sunda	Indonesian Islands Sumatra and Java	Java Sea an d Indian Ocean
Hormuz	Iran and United Arab Emirates	Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf
Hainan	South China (Leizhou Peninsula) and Hainan Island	Gulf of Tonkin and South China Sea
Taiwan	Island of China and Asia Mainland	South China Sea and East China Sea
Korea	Japan and South Korea	East China Sea and Sea of Japan (North West Pacific Ocean)
Tsugaru	Japan Islands - Honshu and Hokkaido	Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean
Inland	Japan Islands - Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu	Sea of Japan and Pacific Ocean
La Perouse	Sakhalin (Russian Island) and Hokkaido (Japanese island)	Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk
Tartar	Sakhalin (Russian Island) and Asia Mainland	Sea of Okhotsk (North) and Sea of Japan (South)
Matochkin	Russian Islands (Severny and Yuzhny)	Barents Sea and Kara Sea
Strait of Messina	Eastern Sicily and Southern Italy	Tyrrhenian Sea (North), Ionian Sea (South) and Mediterranean Sea
Strait of Bonifacio	Italian Islands - Corsica and Sardinia	Tyrrhenian Sea and Mediterranean Sea
Euripus	Greece and Euboea	Mediterranean Sea
Yucatan	Mexico and Cuba	Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
Windward Passage	Cuba and its Island Hispaniola	Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea