Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Travel guide - Map location of the Strait of Hormuz.

Map location of the Strait of Hormuz.

The Strait of Hormuz is located in the southwest of Asia. :

According to the satellite map, the Strait of Hormuz is located in the southwest of Asia, between Iran and Arabian Peninsula, bordering the Gulf of Oman in the east and the Arabian Gulf in the west (called Persian Gulf by Iranians and Arabian Gulf by Arabs). Shaped like a herringbone, it is about 150 km long from east to west, 56- 125 km wide from north to south, with an average water depth of 70 meters and the shallowest point 125 km. There are many islands, reefs and shoals in this strait.