Strait of Hormuz

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strait strategic chokepoint waterway

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman through which a significant portion of the world’s oil shipments pass.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Hormuz 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf strait ⓘ
strategic chokepoint ⓘ
waterway ⓘ
averageWidth about 39 kilometers ⓘ
bordersCountry Iran ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
connects Arabian Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
controlledBy coastal states Iran and Oman ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasClimate arid ⓘ
hasDispute maritime security incidents ⓘ
tanker seizures ⓘ
threats of closure ⓘ
hasIsland Hormuz Island ⓘ
Larak Island ⓘ
Larak Island ⓘ
surface form: Limbiyah Island

Qeshm Island ⓘ
Quoin Island ⓘ
hasMajorPortNearby Bandar Abbas ⓘ
Dubai ⓘ
Fujairah ⓘ
Khasab ⓘ
hasShippingLanes two-mile wide buffer zone ⓘ
two-mile wide inbound lane ⓘ
two-mile wide outbound lane ⓘ
hasTrafficSeparationScheme yes ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
maximumDepth about 90 meters ⓘ
narrowestWidth about 33 kilometers ⓘ
nearbyRegion Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Plateau
nearbySea Arabian Sea ⓘ
partOf Indian Ocean maritime routes ⓘ
percentageOfGlobalOilConsumption around one fifth ⓘ
percentageOfSeaborneOilTrade around 20 percent ⓘ
regulatedBy International Maritime Organization ⓘ
strategicImportance critical for global energy security ⓘ
major route for global oil shipments ⓘ
transportsCommodity crude oil ⓘ
liquefied natural gas ⓘ
usedBy commercial shipping ⓘ
liquefied natural gas carriers ⓘ
naval vessels ⓘ
oil tankers ⓘ
usedFor international navigation ⓘ
military transit ⓘ
regional trade ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gulf of Oman → adjacentTo → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Arabian Sea → connectedBy → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Persian Gulf → connectedTo → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Gulf of Oman → connectsTo → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Middle East → crossedBy → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Indo-Pacific region → hasPart → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasStrategicStrait → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Qeshm Island → locatedInRegion → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network → majorPort → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hormuz
Gwadar → near → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Kish Island → nearbyWaterBody → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces → operatesIn → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Fleet → primaryStraitOfConcern → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
Persian Gulf → waterExchangeThrough → Strait of Hormuz ⓘ