Straits of Tiran
The Straits of Tiran are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about 13 km.
Julian Herzog, Public domain.- Locality
- …is also known as “Strait of Tiran”
- Description: straits between Sinai peninsula in Egypt and the Saudi Arabian island of Tiran
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomas Reef and Woodhouse Reef.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shark’s Bay.
Shark’s Bay
Shark’s Bay is a suburb, which is situated 10 km southwest of Straits of Tiran.
Straits of Tiran
- Category: strait
- Location
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Latitude
27.99275° or 27° 59′ 34″ north
Longitude
34.46984° or 34° 28′ 11″ east
Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Western Panjabi—“Straits of Tiran” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Straat van Tiran”
- Arabic: “تيران”
- Arabic: “مضيق تيران”
- Azerbaijani: “Tiran boğazı”
- Basque: “Tirango itsasarte”
- Basque: “Tirango itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Праліў Тыран”
- Belarusian: “Тыран”
- Belarusian: “Тыранскі праліў”
- Bengali: “তিরান প্রণালী”
- Bulgarian: “Тирански проток”
- Catalan: “Estret de Tiran”
- Catalan: “Estrets de Tirán”
- Cebuano: “Strait of Tiran”
- Central Kurdish: “گەرووەکانی تیران”
- Chinese: “蒂朗海峡”
- Chinese: “蒂朗海峽”
- Croatian: “Tiranski tjesnac”
- Czech: “Blokáda Tiranské úžiny”
- Czech: “Tiranská úžina”
- Czech: “Tiránský průliv”
- Danish: “Tiranstrædet”
- Dutch: “Straat van Tiran”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مضيق تيران”
- Esperanto: “Markolo de Tiran”
- Estonian: “Tīrāni väin”
- Finnish: “Tiraninsalmi”
- French: “Détroit de Tiran”
- German: “Meerenge von Tiran”
- German: “Strasse von Tiran”
- German: “Straße von Tīrān”
- Hebrew: “מיצר טיראן”
- Hebrew: “מיצרי טיראן”
- Hebrew: “מיצרי טירן”
- Hebrew: “מצרי טיראן”
- Hebrew: “מצרי טירן”
- Indonesian: “Selat Tiran”
- Italian: “Stretti di Tiran”
- Japanese: “チラン海峡”
- Japanese: “ティラン海峡”
- Javanese: “Selat Tiran”
- Korean: “티란 해협”
- Kurdish: “Tengava Tîran”
- Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا تیران”
- Latvian: “Tīrānas šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Tirano sąsiauris”
- Malagasy: “Andilan-dranomasin‘ i Tiran”
- Malay: “Selat Tiran”
- Malayalam: “ടിറാൻ കടലിടുക്ക്”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Stredet Tiran”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiran stred”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiran-stredet”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiran-sundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tiransundet”
- Norwegian: “Tiranstredet”
- Ossetian: “Тиран”
- Ossetian: “Тираны донкъубал”
- Persian: “تنگه تیران”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Tiran”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Tirańska”
- Polish: “Madik Tiran”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Tiran”
- Portuguese: “Estreitos de Tiran”
- Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Tiran”
- Romanian: “Strâmtorile Tiran”
- Russian: “Пролив Тиран”
- Russian: “Тиран”
- Russian: “Тиранский пролив”
- Russian: “Эт-Тиран”
- Serbian: “Тирански теснац”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tiranski tjesnac”
- Slovenian: “Tiranska ožina”
- Slovenian: “Tiranski preliv”
- Spanish: “estrecho de Tirán”
- Spanish: “Estrechos de Tirán”
- Swedish: “Tiransundet”
- Swiss German: “Straße von Tiran”
- Tamil: “டிரான் நீரிணை”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบตีรอน”
- Turkish: “Tiran Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Тиранські протоки”
- Urdu: “آبنائے تیران”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Tiran”
- Western Panjabi: “آبنائے تیران”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Thomas reef and Jackson reef.
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