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Name
 

Großer

between

narrowest place (in km)

Little Belt

danish land and Fünen-Island

0,6

Bosporus

Black Sea and Marmar (Turkey)

0,7

Dardanelles

Aegean and Marmara

1,6

Magalhaesstrait

Land of Chile and Tierra del Fuego

2,0

Öresund

Danmark (Island Sealand) and Sweden

3,0

Strait of Messina

italian land and Sizily

3,5

Strait of Kertsch

Black Sea and Asowian Sea

4,0

Strait of Bonifacio

Corsica and Sardinia

11,0

Strait of Gibraltar

Spain and Morocco

14,0

Great Belt

Fünen and Seeland (Danmark)

16,0

Bab al Mandab

Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

18,0

Belle-Isle-Strait

Canadian Land and Newfoundland

20,0

Sundastrait

Sumatra and Java

25,0

Strait of Calais

France and Great Britain

31,0

Strait of Malakka

Sumatra and Malaiian Peninsula

35,0

Strait of Hormus

Persian gulf and Gulf of Oman

63,0

Strait of Otranto

Italy and Albania

71,0

Beringstraait

Russia (Sibiria) and Alaska

92,0

Strait of Tunis

Tunesia and Sizily (Italy)

140,0

Koreastrait

South Korea and Island Tsuschima (Japan)

160,0

Florida

USA (Florida) and Kuba

200,0

Davisstrait

Greeland and Baffinland (Canada)

350,0

 

 

 

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