🚤 Bab al-Mandab Strait

Eritrea · Africa · 12.58°N, 43.33°E

The Bab al-Mandab Strait, also written simply as the Bab al-Mandab or Bab el-Mandeb, is a strait and global chokepoint between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.

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Country	Eritrea
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	12.58°N, 43.33°E · view on map

Bab al-Mandab Strait is located in Eritrea, in Africa.

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