Strait Joins Location/Separates
Malacca Strait Andaman Sea & South China Sea Indonesia-Malaysia
Sunda Strait Java Sea & Indian Ocean Sumatra-Java
Palk Strait Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal India-Sri Lanka
Bab-el-Mandeb Read Sea & Gulf of Aden Yemen-Djibouti
Mesina Strait Tyrrhenian Sea & Ionian Sea Sicily & Calabria
Yucatan Strait Gulf of Mexico & Caribbean Sea Mexico-Cuba
Cook Strait Tasman Sea & South Pacific Ocean New Zealand (N&S)
Mozambique Indian Ocean Mozambique-Madagascar
North Channel Irish Sea & Atlantic Sea Ireland-England
Bass Strait Tasman Sea & South Sea Australia
*Bering Strait Bering Sea & Chuksi Sea Alaska-Russia
*Bosporous Black Sea & Marmara Sea Turkey
Dardanelles Marmara Sea & Agean Sea Turkey
Davis Strait Baffin Bay & Labrador Sea Greenland-Canada
Dover Strait English Channel & North Sea England-France
Florida Strait Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean USA-Cuba
Hormuz Strait Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman Oman-Iran
Hudson Strait Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean Canada
*Gibraltar Strait Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean Spain-Morocco
Magellan Strait Pacific & South Atlantic Ocean Chile
Tatar Strait Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea Russia-Sakhalin Island
Korean Strait East China Sea & Sea of Japan Japan & South Korea
*100 Channel Andaman Sea & The Bay of Bengal Car Nicobar Islands &
Little Andaman
Otranto Strait Adriatic Sea & Ionian Seas Italy-Albania
Taurus Strait Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua Papua New Guinea
Bonne-Fazio Mediterranean Sea Corsica-Sardinia
Denmark Strait North Atlantic & Arctic Oceans Greenland-Iceland
Makassar Strait Java Sea & Celebes Sea Indonesia
Tsugaru Strait Japan Sea & Pacific Ocean Hokkaido-Honsu
Island, Japan
Foveaux Strait South Pacific Ocean South Island-Stewart
Island, New Zealand
Taiwan Strait South China Sea & The East China Sea China-Taiwan
(Formosa Strait)