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Straits of Tiran

The Straits of Tiran are the narrow sea passages between the and peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about 13 km.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: straits between Sinai peninsula in Egypt and the Saudi Arabian island of Tiran
  • Also known as: “Strait of Tiran”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thomas Reef and Woodhouse Reef.

Reef
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Reef
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Reef
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shark’s Bay.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a suburb, which is situated 10 km southwest of Straits of Tiran.

Straits of Tiran

Latitude
27.99275° or 27° 59′ 34″ north
Longitude
34.46984° or 34° 28′ 11″ east
Open location code
7GVPXFV9+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 280297934
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Wiki­data ID
Q208157
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Satellite Map

Discover Straits of Tiran from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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 প্রণালি”
  • Bengali: “তিরান প্রণালী”
  • Bulgarian: “Тирански проток”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Tiran”
  • Catalan: “estrets de Tiran”
  • Catalan: “Estrets de Tiran”
  • Catalan: “Estrets de Tirán”
  • Cebuano: “Strait of Tiran”
  • 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: “Tirani väin”
  • Estonian: “Tīrāni väin”
  • Finnish: “Tiraninsalmi”
  • French: “détroit de Tiran”
  • French: “Détroit de Tiran”
  • German: “Meerenge von Tiran”
  • German: “Strasse 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”
  • 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 Bokmål: “Tiranstredet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tiransundet”
  • 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 Tiran”
  • Spanish: “estrecho de Tirán”
  • Spanish: “estrechos de Tiran”
  • Spanish: “estrechos de Tirán”
  • Spanish: “Estrechos de Tirán”
  • Swedish: “Tiransundet”
  • Swiss German: “Straße von Tiran”
  • Tamil: “டிரான் நீரிணை”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบตีรอน”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Straße von Tiran”
  • Turkish: “Tiran Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Тиранські протоки”
  • Urdu: “آبنائے تیران”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Tiran”
  • Western Panjabi: “آبنائے تیران”

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