Important Straits of the World

Straits		Water Bodies joined	Area
Bab-al-Mandeb		Red Sea & Arabian Sea	Arabia & Africa
Bering		Arctic Ocean & Bering Sea	Alaska & Asia
Bosphorus		Black Sea & Marmara Sea	Turkey
Dover		North Sea & Atlantic Ocean	England & Europe
Florida		Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean	Florida & Bahamas Islands
Gibralter Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean Spain & Africa Malacca Java Sea & Bay of Bengal India & Indonesia Palk Bay of Bengal & Indian Ocean India & Sri Lanka Magellan South Pacific & South Atlantic Ocean Chile Sunda Java Sea & Indian Ocean Indonesia