Important Straits
of Asia
Name
|
Separates
|
Connects
|
Bering strait
|
Asia
and North America
|
East Siberian Sea and Bering Sea
|
Tatar strait
|
Eastern
Russia and Sakhalin Island
|
Okhotsk Sea and Sea of Japan
|
Korea strait
|
South
Korea and Kyushu Island (Japan)
|
Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan
|
Laperoz strait
|
Sakhalin
Island and Hokkaido Island
|
Okhotsk Sea and Japan Sea
|
Phormosa strait
|
Taiwan
and China
|
East China Sea and West China Sea
|
Luzon strait
|
Taiwan
and Luzon Island (Japan)
|
South China Sea and Pacific Ocean
|
Sunda strait
|
Java
and Sumatra
|
Java Sea and Indian Ocean
|
Malacca strait
|
Sumatra
and Malaya Island (Malaysia)
|
Java Sea and Bay of Bengal
|
Pak strait
|
India
and Sri Lanka
|
Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean
|
Harmoz strait
|
UAE
and Iran
|
Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
|
Bosporus strait
|
Asia
and Europe
|
Black Sea and Sea of Marmra
|
Makassar strait
|
Borneo
Island and Sulawesi Island
|
Sulawesi Sea and Java Sea
|
Dardenlas strait
|
Asia
and Europe
|
Marmra Sea and Mediteriyan Sea
|