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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)
Historical map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the island spelled as Ormuz, top right 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 .
Hormuz (Persian: هرمز) [a] is a city in, and the capital of, Hormuz District of Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan province, Iran. Hormuz was an important strategic port in ancient days (sketch from 1572).
The United States could soon offer to put armed sailors and Marines on commercial ships traveling through the Gulf's Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials said on Thursday, amid alleged attempts by ...
An average of 20.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil, condensate and oil products passed through Hormuz in January-September 2023, data from analytics firm Vortexa showed.
Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, opening fire on one of them, the U.S. Navy said. It said that in both cases, the Iranian naval vessels ...
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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.