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The Strait of Hormuz separates Iran to the north and the Musandam Governorate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south. (1892 map) The Strait of Hormuz as seen from an airliner at 35,000 feet. Musandam is in the foreground. [verification needed] Map of Strait of Hormuz with maritime political boundaries (2004)
Hormuz Island (/ h ɔːr ˈ m uː z /; Persian: جزیره هرمز, romanized: Jazireh-ye Hormoz), also spelled Hormoz, Ormoz, Ormuz or Ormus, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Geography [ edit ]
The island of Perim divides the strait into two channels, of which the eastern, known as the Bab Iskender (Alexander's Strait), is 5.37 kilometres (2.90 nmi) wide and has a depth of 29 metres; 96 feet (16 fathoms) deep, while the western, or Dact-el-Mayun, has a width of 20.3 kilometres (11.0 nmi) and a depth of 310 metres; 1,020 feet (170 ...
British map showing the Strait of Hormuz. Before the oil era, the Persian Gulf states made little effort to delineate their territories. Members of Arab tribes felt loyalty to their tribe or shaykh and tended to roam across the Arabian desert according to the needs of their flocks. Official boundaries meant little, and the concept of allegiance ...
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seized an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries.
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on ca.wikipedia.org Estret d'Ormuz; Usage on ckb.wikipedia.org تەنگاوی ھورمز; Usage on gl.wikipedia.org
DUBAI (Reuters) -The commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guard's navy said on Tuesday Israel's presence in the United Arab Emirates was viewed as a threat by Tehran and it could close the Strait of ...
Iranian special forces seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane to the Persian Gulf, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Saturday.