The Strait of Hormuz (/hɔːrˈmuːz/ Persian: تنگهٔ هُرمُز Tangeh-ye Hormoz listen, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a strait between the Persian Gulf...
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Choke point (section Threats to the Strait of Hormuz)
global economy and shipments of goods, particularly oil: 20% of the world's oil is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. In 2018, 20.7 million barrels...
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island in the Persian Gulf. Located in the Strait of Hormuz, 8 km (5 mi) off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgan Province. It is sparsely inhabited...
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Hormuz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hormuz /hɔːrˈmuːz/ is derived from the Persian Ohrmuzd, meaning Ahura Mazda. It may refer to: The Strait of...
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The 2011–12 Strait of Hormuz dispute was a dispute between a coalition of countries and Iran. The dispute arose on 27 December 2011, when Iranian Vice...
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Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (category Military history of Somalia)
considerable reinforcements to Hormuz, and the following year defeated an Ottoman fleet at the Battle of the Strait of Hormuz. In 1553, the Portuguese soundly...
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United States Fifth Fleet (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
following the end of the ten-day Velayat 90 naval maneuvers by the Iranian Navy in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Army chief of staff, General Ataollah...
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USS Hartford (SSN-768) (category Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy)
dereliction of duty. On 20 March 2009 Hartford collided with amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD-18) in the Strait of Hormuz, slightly injuring...
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of the Strait of Hormuz or battle off Hormuz may refer to: Portuguese conquest of Ormuz (1507) Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (1552–1554) Battle of the...
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Qeshm Island (category Foreign trade of Iran)
is an arrow-shaped Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, separated from the mainland by the Clarence Strait/Khuran in the Persian Gulf (26°50′N 56°0′E...
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Persian Gulf (redirect from Gulf of Basra)
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. The Persian...
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Suez and the Strait of Hormuz, in the region around the Horn of Africa, and waters surrounding the Arabian Peninsula; in the region of the Indian Ocean...
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in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH) is a French-led maritime monitoring mission with the goal to protect maritime flows through the Strait of Hormuz. It is...
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Ormus (redirect from Kingdom of Hormuz)
the southern coast of Iran to the east of the Strait of Hormuz, near the modern city of Minab, and was later relocated to the island of Jarun which came...
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Operation Praying Mantis (category Naval battles of the Iran–Iraq War involving the United States)
Delta in the Strait of Hormuz and against USS Gary in the northern central Persian Gulf, but all missed because of evasive maneuvers and use of decoys by...
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Tanker War (category History of the Persian Gulf)
part of the larger Iran–Iraq War, was a series of military attacks by Iran and Iraq against merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz from...
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the debut of the British East India Company into Persia, and the establishment of trade routes for silk though Jask in the Strait of Hormuz in 1616. It...
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Iran (redirect from Islamic Republic of Iran)
Voice of America. 2 August 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2024. "Strait of Hormuz – About the Strait". The...
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to the legal regime of transit passage (Strait of Gibraltar, Dover Strait, Strait of Hormuz). The regime of innocent passage applies in straits used...
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Oman (redirect from Sultanate of Oman)
Arab Emirates on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz (which it shares with Iran) and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries. From...
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Greater and Lesser Tunbs (category Disputed islands of Asia)
el-Sughra) are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at 26°15′N 55°16′E / 26.250°N 55.267°E / 26.250; 55.267...
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a gulf in the Indian Ocean that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It borders Iran and Pakistan...
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the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz. Papua New Guinea: Rias formed by eroded volcanic lava flow are found all around the town of Tufi at Cape Nelson...
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Iran–Russia relations (redirect from History of Iran–Russia relations)
Strait of Hormuz and used the term 'Arabian gulf' instead of Persian Gulf. In December 2023, Iran condemned further Russian statements in support of the...
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of Air Defense Forces shot down a United States RQ-4A Global Hawk BAMS-D surveillance drone with a surface-to-air missile over the Strait of Hormuz....
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Battle of the Strait of Hormuz was fought in August 1553 between an Ottoman fleet, commanded by Admiral Murat Reis, against a Portuguese fleet of Dom Diogo...
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Portuguese conquest of Hormuz in 1507 occurred when the Portuguese Afonso de Albuquerque attacked Hormuz Island to establish the Fortress of Hormuz. This conquest...
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Musandam Governorate (category Governorates of Oman)
governorate of Oman. With the exception of the exclave of Madha, it is located on the Musandam Peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow...
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Abu Musa (category Disputed islands of Asia)
island in the eastern Persian Gulf near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. Due to the depth of sea, oil tankers and big ships have to pass between Abu...
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Omani Empire (category History of Oman)
control extend across the Strait of Hormuz to modern-day Iran and Pakistan, and as far south as Cape Delgado. After the death of Said bin Sultan in 1856...
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