Straits
A strait is a narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger, navigable bodies of water.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Gwynedd Castles | The Castles of Caernarfon and Beaumaris guard the western and eastern ends respectively of the Menai Strait which separates Anglesey from the mainland of Wales | |
| High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago | Kvarken | |
| Istanbul | Bosphorus | |
| Itsukushima Shrine | Miyajima Island, belonging to Hiroshima prefecture, separated from the mainland by the 500m wide Onoseto strait (see link) | |
| Komodo National Park | Komodo Faces Selat Sape, Selat Lintah and Selat Molo or Sape Strait | |
| Kronborg Castle | Lies at the Öresund | |
| Kulangsu | Lujiang Strait | |
| Melaka and George Town | Strait of Malacca | |
| Qalhat | Located at the Gulf of Oman, "a strait (and not an actual gulf) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz" (wiki) | |
| Red Bay Basque Whaling Station | on the shore of the Strait of Belle Isle (which separates the Labrador Peninsula from the island of Newfoundland) | |
| Shiretoko | Lies at Nemuro Strait | |
| Southern Öland | Kalmarsund | |
| The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales | Port Penrhyn is situated on the Menai Straits | |
| Troy | Dardanelles (The ancient city of Troy was located near the western entrance of the strait, and the strait's Asiatic shore was the focus of the Trojan War) | |
| Ujung Kulon National Park | Sunda Strait |
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