Strait

The straits are characterized by the length, smallest and greatest width and depth. The direction and speed of the current are also indicated. Lots are compiled for shipping straits.

The longest strait on Earth is the Strait of Mozambique , 1760 km long ^[1] , the widest and deepest - Drake Strait , 950 km wide ^[1] , 5840 m deep ^[1] .

Ocean Straits

• Straits located in the basin of one ocean (for example, Dardanelles , Tsugaru ).
• The straits connecting the basins of two oceans ( Bering , Drake , Torres ).

Straits by continent

• Straits separating two parts of the same continent from each other ( Skagerrak , Hormuz ).
• The straits separating the adjacent island from the continent ( Pas-de-Calais , Tsushima (Korean), Magellans )
• The straits separating the two islands ( Bonifacio , Sunda ).
• The straits dividing two different continents ( Gibraltar , Bering , Bab el-Mandeb ).

By international legal status

• Straits used for international shipping , connecting parts of the high seas or the exclusive economic zone. Ships and aircraft of all states enjoy the right of transit passage through such straits ( Singapore Strait , Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ).
• Straits used for international shipping, connecting parts of the high seas or the exclusive economic zone and the territorial sea of ​​states (Strait of Juan de Fuca , Canada and the USA ). In such straits, foreign vessels enjoy the right of peaceful passage.
• The straits used for international shipping, the mode of passage through which is fully or partially regulated by the long-accepted existing international conventions ( Bosphorus , Turkey , Montreux Convention on the status of straits ).