List of Major Straits Geography Notes For UPSC
List of Major Straits Geography Notes For UPSC
List of Major Straits Geography Notes For UPSC
This is an important topic in Geography for IAS Prelims, as proved by an analysis of previous years UPSC
Question Papers. It is important to know the different straits of the world as there can be multiple questions
asked about this topic, in the UPSC exam.
The following table lists the major straits in the world important for UPSC IAS Prelims exam:
Hormuz Strait Iran and the UAE The Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf
Florida Strait Cuba and the USA Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean
Bering Strait Asia from America Arctic ocean and East Pacific ocean
Strait of Spain and Morocco The Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea
Gibraltar
Korea Strait Japan and South Korea East China Sea and Sea of Japan
Bosphorus
Divides Europe from Asia The Black Sea to Sea of Marmara
Strait
Davis Strait Between Greenland and Canada The Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea
Jamaica
Jamaica and Hispaniola The Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic
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Baffin Island and
Hudson Strait Hudson Bay and the Labrador Sea
Labrador peninsula
Straits have played an important role in human civilization since millennia. Empires have fallen whenever
they failed to retain strategic control of the straits near their domain. Rich states have risen contiguous to
these water bodies by taxing the traffic passing through them. They play an important role in economic and
military matters to this day.