The Strait of Hormuz (/hɔːrˈmuːz/ Persian: تنگهٔ هُرمُز Tangeh-ye Hormoz listen, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a strait between the Persian Gulf...
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island in the Persian Gulf. Located in the Strait of Hormuz, 8 km (5 mi) off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgan Province. It is sparsely inhabited...
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Choke point (section Threats to the Strait of Hormuz)
global economy and shipments of goods, particularly oil: 20% of the world's oil is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz. In 2018, 20.7 million barrels...
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Hormuz in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hormuz /hɔːrˈmuːz/ is derived from the Persian Ohrmuzd, meaning Ahura Mazda. It may refer to: The Strait of...
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The 2011–12 Strait of Hormuz dispute was a dispute between a coalition of countries and Iran. The dispute arose on 27 December 2011, when Iranian Vice...
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Ottoman–Portuguese conflicts (1538–1560) (category Military history of Somalia)
considerable reinforcements to Hormuz, and the following year defeated an Ottoman fleet at the Battle of the Strait of Hormuz. In 1553, the Portuguese soundly...
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Qeshm Island (category Foreign trade of Iran)
is an arrow-shaped Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, separated from the mainland by the Clarence Strait/Khuran in the Persian Gulf (26°50′N 56°0′E...
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of the Strait of Hormuz or battle off Hormuz may refer to: Portuguese conquest of Ormuz (1507) Ottoman campaign against Hormuz (1552–1554) Battle of the...
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USS Hartford (SSN-768) (category Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy)
dereliction of duty. On 20 March 2009 Hartford collided with amphibious transport dock USS New Orleans (LPD-18) in the Strait of Hormuz, slightly injuring...
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United States Fifth Fleet (category All Wikipedia articles in need of updating)
following the end of the ten-day Velayat 90 naval maneuvers by the Iranian Navy in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Army chief of staff, General Ataollah...
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