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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Gulf. Hormuz Island has an area of 42 km2 (16 sq mi). Located in the Strait of Hormuz, 8 km (5 mi) off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgan...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Dardanelles, Strait of Magellan, Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Dover, and Danish straits, with the most famous being probably the Strait of Hormuz. The term...
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