🚤 Straits of the World

These are the world’s most notable straits — narrow sea passages that funnel global shipping and have been fought over for millennia. Each profile shows where the strait is, which countries it separates, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

630 straits from 49 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any strait for its full profile.

Africa (8) Americas (222) Antarctica (72) Asia (89) Europe (150) Oceania (37)

Africa (8 straits)

Americas (222 straits)

Antarctica (72 straits)

Asia (89 straits)

Europe (150 straits)

Oceania (37 straits)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.