Strait of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of Oman, with a portion of the southwest of the peninsula under the United Arab Emirates.
U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos, Public domain.- Strait
- Description: strait in the eastern Persian Gulf
- Also known as“Bāb-e Hormoz”“Bāb-e-Hormūz”“Bāb-i-Hormuz”“Būghāz Hormuz”“Maḑīq Hurmūz”“SoH”“Strait of Hormoz”“Strait of Ormus”“Strait of Ormuz”“Tangeh Hormoz”“Tangī Hormuz”
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
26.56667° or 26° 34′ north
Longitude
56.25° or 56° 15′ east
Open location code
7HRRH782+M2
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Strait of Hormuz” goes by many names.
Straat van HormoesAfrikaans
Ngushtica e HormuzitAlbanian
مضيق باب السلامArabic
مضيق هرمزArabic
هرمزArabic
Հորմուզի նեղուցArmenian
Օրմուզի նեղուցArmenian
হৰমুজ প্ৰণালীAssamese
Estrechu d’OrmuzAsturian
Hörmüz boğazıAzerbaijani
Selat HormuzBalinese
Һормуз боғаҙыBashkir
Ormuz itsasarteaBasque
Ormuzeko itsasarteaBasque
Ormuzko itsasarteaBasque
Армузскі праліўBelarusian
Армуская пратокаBelarusian
হর্মুজ প্রণালীBengali
होर्मुज जलडमरूBhojpuri
Hormuški moreuzBosnian
Strizh-mor HormuzBreton
Ормузки протокBulgarian
ဟော်မုဇ် ရေလက်ကြားBurmese
Estret d’HormuzCatalan
Estret d’OrmuzCatalan
kipot sa HormozCebuano
Strait of HormuzCebuano
تەنگەڵانی ھورمزCentral Kurdish
تەنگەی هورمزCentral Kurdish
Ормузан хидоькъеChechen
忽路謨斯Chinese
忽鲁模斯Chinese
忽鲁莫斯Chinese
荷姆茲海峽Chinese
荷莫茲海峽Chinese
赫莫兹海峡Chinese
霍尔木兹海峡Chinese
霍爾木茲Chinese
霍爾木茲海峽Chinese
Ормус пырĕChuvash
Hormuški tjesnacCroatian
HormuzCroatian
Hormuzský průlivCzech
HormuzstrædetDanish
हर्मुज जलसन्धिDotyali
Straat HormuzDutch
Straat van HormoezDutch
Straat van HormuzDutch
Straat van OrmoesDutch
مضيق هرمزEgyptian Arabic
Hormoza MarkoloEsperanto
Hormuza MarkoloEsperanto
Markolo de HormozoEsperanto
Markolo de HormuzoEsperanto
Ormuza markoloEsperanto
Hormuze väinEstonian
Hormuzi väinEstonian
Hormuzin salmiFinnish
Estreito de OrmuzGalician
ჰორმუზის სრუტეGeorgian
Στενά του ΟρμούζGreek
Στενό του ΟρμούζGreek
Mashigar HormuzHausa
מיצר הורמוזHebrew
מצר הורמוזHebrew
מצרי הורמוזHebrew
होरमुज जलडमरुमध्यHindi
होर्मुज़ जलसन्धिHindi
Hormuzi-szorosHungarian
Selat HormuzIban
HormússundIcelandic
Stretajo di HormusIdo
Stretajo di HormuzIdo
Selat HormuzIndonesian
Marstrette de HormuzInterlingue
Caolas HormuzIrish
Stretto di HormuzItalian
stretto di OrmuzItalian
ホルムズ海峡Japanese
ホルモズ海峡Japanese
忽魯謨斯Japanese
Ormuz buǵazıKara-Kalpak
آبناے ہرمُزKashmiri
Ормуз бұғазыKazakh
ច្រកសមុទ្រហ័រមូហ្ស៍Khmer
호르모즈 해협Korean
호르무즈 해협Korean
Tengava HormuzKurdish
Tengava HurmizKurdish
ຊ່ອງແຄບຮໍມຸສLao
Fretum OrmusLatin
Fretum OrmusenseLatin
Hormuza šaurumsLatvian
Hormuzas šaurumsLatvian
HormūzsLatvian
Ormuza šaurumsLatvian
Ormuzas šaurumsLatvian
OrmūzsLatvian
荷姆茲海峽Literary Chinese
Hormūzo sąsiaurisLithuanian
Ormūzo sąsiaurisLithuanian
Strecc de HormuzLombard
Strooss vun HormusLuxembourgish
Strooss vun HormuzLuxembourgish
Ормуски ПротокMacedonian
Selat HormuzMalay
Strait of HormuzMalayalam
ഹോർമുസ് കടലിടുക്ക്Malayalam
Strett ta‘ HormuzMaltese
होर्मुझची सामुद्रधुनीMarathi
هرمز تنگهMazanderani
Homuz Hái-kiapMin Nan Chinese
Hormuz Hái-kiapMin Nan Chinese
ჰორმუზიშ საროტიMingrelian
ဟောရ်မုဇ်Mon
ဟောရ်မုဇ် (မြံင်)Mon
Ормузын хоолойMongolian
हर्मुज जलसन्धिNepali
हर्मुज स्ट्रेटNepali
होर्मुज जलसन्धिNewari
Struat faan HormuzNorthern Frisian
HormuzstredetNorwegian
Hormuz-stredetNorwegian Bokmål
HormuzsundetNorwegian Bokmål
Hormuz-sundetNorwegian Nynorsk
HormuzstredetNorwegian Nynorsk
Estrech d’OrmuzOccitan (post 1500)
ହର୍ମୁଜ ପ୍ରଣାଳୀOriya
Ulaa HormuuzOromo
Ормузы донкъубалOssetian
Estrecho di ormuzPapiamento
تنگهٔ هرمزPersian
Cieśnina OrmuzPolish
Madik HurmuzPolish
OrmuzPolish
د هرمز تنگیPushto
هرمز تنګیPushto
هرمز تنگیPushto
OrmuzRomanian
Strâmtoarea OrmuzRomanian
Ормузский проливRussian
Хормузский проливRussian
ᱦᱚᱨᱢᱩᱡᱽ ᱱᱟᱞᱟSantali
ОрмузSerbian
Ормуски мореузSerbian
Ормуски пролазSerbian
Хормушки пролазSerbian
Hormuški tjesnacSerbo-Croatian
Ormuski moreuzSerbo-Croatian
Strittu di OrmuzSicilian
هرمز سامونڊي گذرگاههSindhi
හෝර්මුස් සමුද්ර සන්ධියSinhala
Hormuzský prielivSlovak
Hormoška ožinaSlovenian
Hormuška ožinaSlovenian
Hormuški prelivSlovenian
هورموز بوغازیSouth Azerbaijani
هورموز تنگهسیSouth Azerbaijani
Selat HormuzSundanese
Mlango wa HormuzSwahili
HormuzsundetSwedish
OrmussundetSwedish
OrmuzsundetSwedish
Tangeh-ye HormozSwedish
Straße von HormusSwiss German
Kipot ng HormuzTagalog
Kipot ng OrmuzTagalog
Тангаи ҲурмузTajik
ஓர்முசு நீரிணைTamil
ஹோர்முஸ் நீரிணைTamil
Ормуз бугазыTatar
హార్ముజ్ జలసంధిTelugu
Strait of HormuzThai
Straits of HormuzThai
ช่องแคบฮอร์มุซThai
Hürmüz BoğazıTurkish
Ормузька протокаUkrainian
Хормузька протокаUkrainian
آبنائے ہرمزUrdu
ہرمزUrdu
Hoʻrmuz boʻgʻoziUzbek
Eo biển HormuzVietnamese
Stroate van HormuzVlaams
Estrecho han HormuzWaray (Philippines)
Suláng han HormuzWaray (Philippines)
Culfor HormuzWelsh
Հորմուզի ՆեղուցWestern Armenian
Strjitte fan HormûzWestern Frisian
آبنائے ہرمزWestern Panjabi
霍尔木兹海峡Wu Chinese
Strait of HormuzYakut
Ормузский проливYakut
Хормуз силбэһиитэYakut
Һормуз силбэһиитэYakut
Һормуз синньигэс күөлэYakut
Strait of HurmuzYoruba
荷莫茲海峽Yue Chinese
Straet van HormoezZeeuws
Insungubezi kaHomuziZulu
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