The Strait of Hormuz is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam peninsula, shared by the United Arab Emirates and the Musandam Governorate, an exclave of Oman. The strait is about 90 nautical miles (167 km) long, with a width varying from about 52 nmi (96 km) to 21 nmi (39 km).
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The Strait of Hormuz as seen from an airliner at 35,000 feet. Musandam is in the foreground. [verification needed]
The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter transits the Strait of Hormuz in May 2012. Porter is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet
U.S. Navy convoy in the Strait of Hormuz on 21 July 2016
The Persian Gulf, sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz. The Shatt al-Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline.
Persian Gulf from space
Persian Gulf at Night from ISS, 2020.
A painting depicting the British Expeditionary Force off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah in 1809.
Operation Earnest Will: Tanker convoy No. 12 under US Navy escort in October 1987