Major Straits In The World | Complete Study Notes

Major Straits of the World: Static GK is an integral part of the general awareness section. Questions related to the world’s major straits are common in the general awareness section of Government exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO, RRB ALP, RRB Group D, UPSC, and more. In competitive exams, as little as 1 mark can make a lot of difference. For your assistance, we bring to you complete study notes on Major Straits of the World. The following blog list down all you need to know about: the Major Straits of the World.

Major Straits In The World

Static GK consists of many different types of facts and information. The focus of this blog will be geographical formations, namely, straits. You will learn what a strait is, how it’s formed, it’s importance and the major straits of the world. We have provided this information in an easy-to-learn way which you can also revise easily. We will also provide an e-book for the same for the ease of your learning.

What is a strait?

A strait is a narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water.

Strait of Hormuz

How does it form?

• It can be formed by a fracture in an isthmus, a narrow body of land that connects two bodies of water. 
• It can also be formed by a body of water overflowing land that has subsided or has been eroded. 
• If fractures in an isthmus are created by human activity, the straits are usually called canals. The Suez canal is one such canal. This was constructed in 1869 as a waterway between the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. 

Importance of straits

Straits have great strategic importance. Whoever controls a strait is likely to control the sea and shipping routes of the entire region. There are many narrow straits that work as major gateways for trade.

These narrow water bodies sometimes become a bone of contention between countries.

List of Major straits in the world:

S. No	Name	Joins	Location
1	Malacca Strait	The Andaman Sea & South China Sea	Indonesia –Malaysia
2	Sunda Strait	Java Sea & Indian Ocean	Indonesia
3	Palk Strait	Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal	India-Sri Lanka
4	Yucatan  Strait	Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea	Mexico-Cuba
5	Messina Strait	Mediterranean Sea	Italy-Sicily
6	Otranto Strait	Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea	Italy-Albania
7	Bab-el-Mandeb Strait	Red Sea & Gulf of Aden	Yemen-Djibouti
8	Cook Strait	South Pacific Ocean	New Zealand (North& South Islands)
9	Mozambique Strait	Indian Ocean	Mozambique-Malagasy
10	North Channel	Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean	Ireland-England
11	Taurus Strait	Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua	Papua New Guinea- Australia
12	Bering Strait	Bering Sea & Chukchi Sea	Alaska-Russia
13	Bass Strait	Tasman Sea & South Sea	Australia
14	Bonne-Fasio Strait	Mediterranean Sea	Corsica-Sardinia
15	Bosphorus Strait	Black Sea and Marmara Sea	Turkey
16	Denmark Strait	North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean	Greenland-Iceland
17	Dover strait	English Channel & North Sea	England-France
18	Florida Strait	Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean	USA-Cuba
19	Hormuz Strait	Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman	Oman-Iran
20	Hudson strait	Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean	Canada
21	Magellan strait	Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean	Chile
22	Gibraltar Strait	Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean	Spain-Morocco
23	Foveaux Strait	South Pacific Ocean	New Zealand (South Island- Stewart Island)
24	Tatar Strait	Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea	Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands)
25	Formosa Strait	South China Sea & East China Sea	China-Taiwan

Here’s a Sample Question:

Ques 1: The Strait of Malacca connects which to important water bodies?

1. The Andaman Sea and South China Sea
2. Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea
3. North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
4. Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea

Answer: The correct answer is Andaman Sea and South China Sea

Major Straits of the World: Conclusion

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