Strategic World Water Bodies

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StrategicWorldWaterBodies

• Developed by
• Joe Naumann
• UMSL

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Eastern Hemisphere
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European

• Strait of Gibraltar
• Strait of Dover
• Storebaelt
• Sicilian Channel
• Dardanelles
• Bosporus

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Strait of Gibraltar
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Strait of Gibraltar

• On the northern side of the Strait is Spain and
  Gibraltar, while on the southern side is Morocco
  and Ceuta, a Spanish exclave in North Africa. Its
  boundaries were known in antiquity as the Pillars
  of Hercules. There are several small islands,
  such as the disputed Isla Perejil, that are
  claimed by both Spain and Morocco.

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Strait of gibraltar
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View with perspective
SPAIN
MOROCCO
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View from the Rock of Gibraltar
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Strait of dover
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Strait of Dover

• The Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the strait
  at the narrowest part of the English Channel.
  Most maritime traffic between the Atlantic Ocean
  and the North and Baltic Seas passes through the
  Strait of Dover, rather than take the longer and
  more dangerous route around the north of
  Scotland. The Strait is one of the busiest
  international seaways in the world, regularly
  used by over 400 commercial vessels daily.

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Strait of Dover
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Looking Over the strait of dover
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Storebaelt
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Storebaelt

• The Great Belt (Storebaelt) is part of the 3
  Danish straits (the Great Belt, the Little Belt
  and the Sound) connecting the brackish Baltic Sea
  with the saline North Sea.

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Storebaelt
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Storebaelt Bridge
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Sicilian Channel
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Sicilian Channel

• The Strait of Sicily (Sicilian Channel) is the
  strait between Sicily and Tunisia. It is about
  100 miles (160 km) wide and divides the
  Tyrrhenian Sea and the western Mediterranean Sea
  from the eastern Mediterranean. Deep currents in
  the strait flow from east to west, and the
  current nearer the surface travels in the
  opposite direction. The unusual water flow is of
  interest to oceanographers.

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Sicilian Channel
Sicilian Channel
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Dardanelles bosporus
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Dardanelles Bosporus

• The Dardanelles is a narrow strait in
  northwestern Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to
  the Sea of Marmara. Like the Bosporus, it
  separates Europe (in this case the Gallipoli
  peninsula) and the mainland of Asia. The strait
  is an International waterway, and together with
  the Bosporus, Dardanelles connects the Black Sea
  to the Mediterranean Sea.

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Dardanelles
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Bosporus
Dardanelles
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Bosporus
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Bosporus bridge
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Middle Eastern

• Suez Canal
• Gulf of Aqaba
• Strait of Hormuz
• Bab el Mandeb

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Suez canal Gulf of Aqaba
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Suez Canal

• The Suez Canal is a large artificial maritime
  canal in Egypt west of the Sinai Peninsula. It is
  163 km (101 miles) long and 300 m (984 ft) wide
  at its narrowest point, and runs between Port
  Said on the Mediterranean Sea, and Suez on the
  Red Sea. The canal allows two-way north-to-south
  water transportation, most importantly between
  Europe and Asia without circumnavigation of
  Africa.

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Suez Canal importance

• The Suez Canal was the focus of British foreign
  policy in the Middle East for many years and they
  were determined to protect their investment.
  Israel and Egypt fought over it in 1956, 1967,
  and 1973.

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Suez Canal Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Aqaba
Suez Canal
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Suez Canal from space
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Ships in the Suez Canal
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Gulf of Aqaba

• The Gulf of Aqaba is one of two gulfs created by
  the Sinai Peninsula's bifurcation of the northern
  Red Sea. The Gulf of Aqaba lies to its east. The
  Gulf of Aqaba measures 24 km at its widest point
  and stretches some 160 km north from the Straits
  of Tiran to a point where the border of Israel
  meets the borders of Egypt and Jordan. At this
  northern end of the Gulf are three important
  cities Taba in Egypt, Eilat in Israel, and Aqaba
  in Jordan. All three cities serve both as
  strategically important commercial ports

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Elat, Israel across the gulf
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Strait of Hormuz
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Strait of Hormuz

• The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically
  important stretch of ocean between the Gulf of
  Oman in the southeast and the Persian Gulf in the
  southwest. On the north coast is Iran and on the
  south coast is the United Arab Emirates and
  Musandam, an exclave of Oman. It is the only sea
  passage to the open ocean for petroleum exporting
  Persian Gulf States. Some 20 percent of the
  world's oil supply passes through the strait,
  making it an important strategic military
  location in the Middle East.

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Strait of Hormuz
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Satellite View
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Iranian navy in hormuz
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Bab el Mandeb
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Bab el mandeb

• The Bab el-Mandeb strait (12 40 North, 43 20
  East) separates Africa (Djibouti and Eritrea),
  and Asia (Yemen), and connects the Red Sea to the
  Indian Ocean via the Gulf of Aden. The strait is
  strategically important because it is considered
  one of the worlds oil transit chokepoints. Bab
  el-Mandeb was the site for of a naval blockade of
  Israel by Egypt in the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

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Bab el mandeb
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Sailing the Bab el mandeb
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Asian

• Strait of Malacca
• Taiwan Strait
• Korean Strait
• Bering Strait

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Strait of Malacca
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• The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, 805 km (500
  mile) stretch of water between Peninsular
  Malaysia and the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
  From an economic and strategic perspective the
  Strait of Malacca is one of the most important
  shipping lanes in the world, an equivalent of the
  Suez Canal, or the Panama Canal.

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Strait of malacca
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Sunset over the strait
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Taiwan Strait
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• The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a
  180km-wide strait between mainland China and the
  island of Taiwan. The strait is part of the South
  China Sea and connects to East China Sea. It has
  been the theatre for several military
  confrontations between the People's Republic of
  China and the Republic of China.

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Taiwan Strait
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Scene on Taiwan
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Korean Strait
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• The Korea Strait is a sea passage between South
  Korea and Japan, connecting the East China Sea
  and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in the northwest
  Pacific Ocean. The strait is split by the
  Tsushima Island into the Busan Strait (Western
  Channel) and the Tsushima Strait (Eastern
  Channel).

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Korea Strait
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U.S. Coast Guard patrols
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Bering Strait (w. hemisphere)
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Western hemisphere
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Western Hemisphere

• Bering Strait
• Cabot Strait
• Strait of Belle Isle
• Hudson Strait
• Strait of Florida
• Windward Passage
• Mona Passage
• Panama Canal
• Yucatan Channel

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Bering Strait
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Bering Strait

• The Bering Strait (Russian ???????? ??????) is a
  sea strait between Cape Dezhnev, Russia, the
  easternmost point (16943' W) of the Asian
  continent and Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska, the
  westernmost point (16805' W) of the North
  American continent, with latitude of about 65
  40' North, slightly south of the polar circle.

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Bering Strait
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Satellite Image
Bering Strait
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Cabot Strait
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Cabot Strait

• A strategically important waterway throughout
  Canadian and Newfoundland history, the strait is
  an important international shipping route, being
  the primary waterway linking the Atlantic with
  inland ports on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
  Seaway.

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Cabot strait
Cabot Strait
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Strait of Belle Isle
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Strait of Belle Isle

• The Strait of Belle Isle (French détroit de
  Belle Isle), is a waterway in eastern Canada that
  separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island
  of Newfoundland, in the province of Newfoundland
  and Labrador. Navigation in the strait can be
  extremely hazardous with strong tidal currents,
  depths reaching several hundred meters in places,
  sea ice for 8-10 months of the year, and variable
  weather conditions including gales and fog.

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Strait of Belle Isle
Strait of Belle Isle
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Hudson strait
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Hudson Strait

• Hudson Strait (620'N 700'W) links the Atlantic
  Ocean to Hudson Bay in Canada. It lies between
  Baffin Island and the northern coast of Quebec,
  its eastern entrance marked by Cape Chidley and
  Resolution Island. Discovered by explorer Henry
  Hudson in the year 1610 aboard the British ship
  Discovery, it was long thought to be the fabled
  Northwest Passage.

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Hudson Strait terrain
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Strait of Florida
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Strait of florida

• The Straits of Florida, Florida Straits, or
  Florida Strait is a strait located
  south-southeast of the North American mainland,
  generally accepted to be between the Gulf of
  Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, and between the
  Florida Keys and Cuba. The strait carries the
  Florida Current, the beginning of the Gulf
  Stream, from the Gulf of Mexico.

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Florida
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Satellite View
Strait of Florida
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View from Havana warf
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Windward Passage
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Windward passage

• The Windward Passage is a strait in the Caribbean
  Sea, between the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola.
  80km wide, the Windward Passage has a threshold
  depth of 1,700m. It connects the Atlantic Ocean
  to the Caribbean Sea, and is in the direct path
  of shipping between the Panama Canal and the
  eastern seaboard of the United States.

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South of Guantanamo Bay
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Windward Passage
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Mona passage
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Mona Passage

• The Mona Passage is a strait that separates the
  islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. The Mona
  Passage connects the Atlantic Ocean to the
  Caribbean Sea, and is an important shipping route
  between the Atlantic and the Panama Canal.

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Mona Passage
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Satellite image
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Mona Passage
Mona Island
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Panama canal
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Panama canal

• The Panama Canal (Spanish Canal de Panamá) is a
  major ship canal that traverses the Isthmus of
  Panama in Central America, connecting the
  Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Oceans. Construction
  of the canal was one of the largest and most
  difficult engineering projects ever undertaken.
  It has had an enormous impact on shipping between
  the Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

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Panama
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Panama Canal
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Locks on the canal
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Ship in the panama canal
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Yucatan channel
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Yucatan Channel

• The Yucatán Channel connects the Gulf of Mexico
  and the Caribbean Sea, extending for 135 miles
  (217 km) between Cape Catoche, Mexico, and Cape
  San Antonio, Cuba. The north and south equatorial
  currents enter the channel from the southeast and
  form the beginnings of the Gulf Stream in the
  Gulf of Mexico.

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Yucatan Channel
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View from cuba