Q1. What is a Strait?
A narrow strip of water connecting two large bodies of water, thus lying between two land masses. There are very many of them. Few geographically important ones are given below.
Q2. Which strait divides Turkey into European and Asian Turkey?
Bhosphorous Strait.
Q3. What is the name of the strait between mainland Australia and its island province Tasmania?
Bass Strait.
Q4. Which strait divides the two North and South islands of New Zealand?
Cook Strait - named after Captain Cook the famous navigator who sailed through this strait in 1770.
Q5. Which strait divides Europe and Asia?
Dardenelles strait.
Q6. Which strait divides England from Europe and is also called the English channel?
Dover - connects North Sea with Atlantic Ocean.
Q7. Which strait divides India and Sri Lanka?
Palk Strait - Indian Ocean - named after Robert Palk, Governor of Madras Presidency between 1755 and 1763.
Q8. Which strait divides Singapore and Indonesia?
Singapore Strait.
Q9. What is the strait between Japan and Korea?
Korean Strait.
Q10. What is the strait between Europe and Africa?
Gibraltar Strait.
Q11. What is the name of the strait between North and South America, which is also a famous shipping canal?
Panama Strait and canal.
Q12. Where is Magellan Strait?
Between Chile in South America and Tierra Del Fuigo islands.
Q13. Which strait separates Asia from North America?
Berring Strait.
