Straits

Q: Which strait (or which body of water) separates … ?		A:
Italy and the Balkan peninsula – (former) Yugoslavia		Adriatic Sea
Turkey and Greece		Aegean Sea
India and Arabia/Somalia		Arabian Sea
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Arabic for 'Gate of Tears')		Bab–el–Mandeb
Greenland and Canada		Baffin Bay
Tasmania from mainland Australia		Bass Strait
Tierra del Fuego (Chile and Argentina) from various smaller islands to the south (all of which belong to Chile)		Beagle Channel
Alaska (USA) and Siberia (Russia); Pacific and Arctic Oceans		Bering Strait
Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea		Bosporus
North and South Islands, New Zealand		Cook Strait
Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea		Dardanelles
Greenland and Canada (Baffin Island)		Davis Strait
Greenland and Iceland		Denmark Strait
Cape Horn (Tierra del Fuego) and Antarctica – the narrowest point in the Southern Ocean		Drake Passage
China and Taiwan		Formosa Strait
San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean		Golden Gate
Indian Ocean and Red Sea; Yemen (on the Arabian peninsula) from Somalia (the Horn of Africa)		Gulf of Aden
Saudi Arabia from the Sinai peninsula (Egypt)		Gulf of Aqaba
Finland and Sweden (an arm of the Baltic Sea)		Gulf of Bothnia
Finland and Estonia		Gulf of Finland
Iran from Oman; Persian Gulf (Straits of Hormuz) from the Indian Ocean		Gulf of Oman
Sinai peninsula from the rest of Egypt		Gulf of Aqaba
Italy and Greece		Ionian Sea
Vancouver Island from mainland Canada		Juan de Fuca Strait
Denmark and Sweden (see also Øresund Oresund		Kattegat
Inner and Outer Hebrides		(Little) Minch
Malaysia and Indonesia (Sumatra) – one of the word’s busiest shipping lanes		Malacca Strait
Malta and Sicily		Malta Channel
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (Yemen and Djibouti) – Arabic name (Bab–el–Mandab) means 'Gate of Tears'		Mandab Strait
Anglesey and mainland Britain – name is Welsh for 'narrow water'		Menai Strait
Lewis/Harris and mainland Britain		The (North) Minch
Zealand (Denmark) from Sweden (only 4km wide at its narrowest point)		Øresund Oresund
India and Sri Lanka		Palk Strait
Orkney and mainland Scotland		Pentland Firth
Iran from (Kuwait), Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE		Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia (and Yemen) from Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia		Red Sea
Baja California and the rest of Mexico: Gulf of California, or		Sea of Cortez
Venezuela and Trinidad		Serpent's Mouth
Sicily and Tunisia		Sicilian Channel
Denmark from Sweden and Norway		Skaggerak
Hampshire and the Isle of Wight		The Solent
Cumbria (north–west England), Dumfries & Galloway (south–west Scotland)		Solway Firth
Pembrokeshire (south–west Wales) and Rosslare, Co. Wexford (south–east Ireland); Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean		St. George's Channel
Island of Newfoundland from mainland Canada (Labrador)		Strait of Belle Isle
Sardinia (Italy) and Corsica (France)		Strait of Bonifacio
Persian Gulf and the Arabian sea (Gulf of Oman); Iran and the northern tip of Oman/UAE		Strait of Hormuz
Adriatic and Ionian Seas; Italy and Albania (narrowest strait between Italy and the Greek / Balkan peninsula; Corfu lies at its southern end)		Strait of Otranto
Lake Michigan and Lake Huron		Straits of Mackinac
Tierra del Fuego and mainland South America		Straits of Magellan
Italy and Sicily		Straits of Messina
Java and Sumatra (Indonesian islands); Krakatoa is one of its islands		Sunda Strait
Kent and the Isle of Sheppey		The Swale
Australia and New Zealand		Tasman Sea
Australia and Indonesia		Timor Sea
Australia and (Papua) New Guinea		Torres Strait
Hokkaido and Honshu		Tsugaru Strait
Italy and Sardinia		Tyrrhenian Sea
China and Korea		Yellow Sea
Mexico and Cuba		Yucatan Channel

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