A strait is a thin channel of waterways i.e. narrow passage of water that connects two seas or two other large areas of water.
1. Malacca Strait
Joins: Andaman Sea & South China Sea
Location: Indonesia –Malaysia
2. Palk Strait
Join: Palk Bay & Bay of Bengal
Location: India-Sri Lanka
3. Sunda Strait
Join: Java Sea & Indian Ocean
Location: Indonesia
4. Yucatan Strait
Join: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea
Location: Mexico-Cuba
5. Mesina Strait
Join: Mediterranean Sea
Location: Italy-Sicily
6. Otranto Strait
Join: Adriatic Sea & Ionian Sea
Location: Italy-Albania
7. Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
Join: Red Sea & Gulf of Aden
Location: Yemen-Djibouti
8. Cook Strait
Join: South Pacific Ocean
Location: New Zealand (North & South Islands)
9. Mozambique Strait
Join: Indian Ocean
Location: Mozambique -Madagascar
10. North Channel
Join: Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean
Location: Ireland-England
11.Taurus Strait (Torres Strait)
Join: Arafura Sea & Gulf of Papua
Location: Papua New Guinea — Australia
12.Bass Strait
Join: Tasman Sea & South Sea
Location: Australia
13.Bering Strait
Join: Bering Sea & Chuksi Sea
Location: Alaska-Russia
14.Bonne-Fasio Strait
Join: Mediterranean Sea
Location: Corsika — Sardinia
15.Bosporous Strait
Join: Black Sea and Marmara Sea
Location: Turkey
16. Dardanelles Strait
Join: Marmara Sea and Agean Sea
Location: Turkey
17. Davis Strait
Join: Baffin Bay & Atlantic Ocean
Location: Greenland-Canada
18. Denmark Strait
Join: North Atlantic and Arctic Ocean
Location: Greenland-Iceland
19. Dover strait
Join: English Channel & North Sea
Location: England-France
Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the narrowest part of the English Channel
20. Florida Strait
Join: Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean
Location: USA-Cuba
21. Hormuz Strait
Join: Gulf of Persia & Gulf of Oman
Location: Oman-Iran
22. Hudson strait
Join: Gulf of Hudson & Atlantic Ocean
Location: Canada
23. Gibraltar Strait
Join: Mediterranean Sea & Atlantic Ocean
Location: Spain-Morocco
24. Magellan strait
Join: Pacific and South Atlantic Ocean
Location: Chile
25. Makkassar Strait
Join: Java Sea & Celebeze Sea
Location: Indonesia
26. Tsugaru Strait
Join: Japan Sea and Pacific Ocean
Location: Japan (Hokkaido-Honshu Island)
27. Tatar Strait
Join: Japan Sea & Okhotsk Sea
Location: Russia (East Russia-Sakhalin Islands)
28. Foveaux Strait
Join: South Pacific Ocean
Location: New Zealand (South Island- Stewart Island)
29. Taiwan Strait (Formosa Strait)
Join: South China Sea & East China Sea
Location: China-Taiwan
30. Korea Strait
Join: East China Sea and Sea of Japan
Location: Japan and South Korea
31. Jamaica Channel
Join: The Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic
Location: Jamaica and Hispaniola
32. Ten Degree Channel
Join: The Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal
Location: Car Nicobar Islands and Little Andaman
35. Straits of Lombok
Join: Java Sea & Indian Ocean
Location: Indonesia (Bali and Lombok)
36. Bali strait
Join: Bali Sea & Indian Ocean
Location: Indonesia (Bali and Java)