From the Suez Canal, the route to Indonesia is shorter via the Malacca Strait.

The links now being developed in Myanmar will reduce China s dependence on the Strait of Malacca by more than one third.

In February 2009, many Rohingya refugees were rescued by Acehnese sailors in the Strait of Malacca, after 21 days at sea.

In February 2009, many Rohingya refugees were helped by Acehnese sailors in the Strait of Malacca, after 21 days at sea.

The Strait of Malacca joins the Pacific and the Indian Oceans on the west, and Drake Passage and the Strait of Magellan link the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean on the east.

In particular, Indonesia will inevitably become involved in the tug of war between the US and China for influence over the vitally important Malacca Strait.

Because China must import vast quantities of oil through the Malacca Strait, that sea lane has become a central element in the country s security strategy.

The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from the Singapore and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around .

Of the two countries, India a resident power in East Asia, with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands sitting at the western end of the Strait of Malacca (through which some 40 of world trade passes) deserves greater emphasis.

In nearby Thailand, China has invested 20 billion in a plan to build a canal across the Kra Isthmus to connect the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Siam, thereby providing an alternate oil import route that avoids the Strait of Malacca.

Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia.

The Sunda Strait (Indonesian Selat Sunda ) is the strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.

Victoria Strait is a strait in northern Canada that lies in Nunavut off the mainland in the Arctic Ocean.

The same three countries, together with Thailand, were also beginning air patrols over the Straits of Malacca.

The Strait of Tiran and Tiran Island.

The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait from July 21, 1995 to March 23, 1996.

Europe Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar

Europe Africa fixed link through the Strait of Gibraltar

This period saw continued Portuguese colonial expansion in Angola, Mozambique, and Malacca, as well as the annexation of Macau in 1557.

This senseless political warfare has hampered cross strait economic relations.

He was known for his two attempts in 1511 and 1521 to seize the port of Malacca from the control of Portuguese.

This has increasingly become the biggest obstacle to the growth of cross Strait relations, as well as the biggest immediate threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

No one can stop Iran from threatening the Strait of Hormuz.

A narrower Nares Strait connects Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean.

Project for a Europe Africa permanent link through the Strait of Gibraltar

So is support for distinct countries on each side of the Taiwan Strait.

To the north, the Bering Strait connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean.

It is connected to the Atlantic via Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea.

It is separated from the east coast of Sumatra by the Berhala Strait.

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The Yucatán Channel or Straits of Yucatán is a strait between Mexico and Cuba.

A proactive role for the United Nations in maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait.

In 2004, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia had begun coordinated naval patrols of the Straits of Malacca and the Straits of Singapore, which were important for world trade.

In Japan, the strait is named after Mamiya Rinzō, who traveled to the strait in 1808 whereof the name was introduced by Philipp Franz von Siebold in his book Nippon Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan (1832 54).

To the south is the Ombai Strait, and 72 km away, the island of Timor.

Aboriginal Hostels provide 3,300 beds for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across the country.

Bangka lies just east of Sumatra, separated by the Bangka Strait to the north lies the South China Sea, to the east, across the Gaspar Strait, is the island of Belitung, and to the south is the Java Sea.

During World War II, the Battle of the Denmark Strait took place on 24 May 1941.

The city is located on the British Columbia Coast and sits on the Strait of Georgia.

Populations are continuous from the British Isles eastward across Europe and Asia to the Bering Strait.

This was the first occasion a ship was navigated through Torres Strait from west to east.

The sea winds from Davis Strait moderate the climate, with the area known for its fogs.

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Though reunification is yet to be realized between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, the fact that both the mainland and Taiwan belong to one China has never been changed, and this is the status quo of cross Strait relations.