Strait of Hormuz

natural · 2000 AD – 2099 AD

A waterway connecting the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The author of the Periplus Maris Erythraei mentions this area, but does not explicitly name the strait, referring instead to the "mouth of the Persian Gulf". The origin of the toponym "Hormuz" remains debated.

Coordinates

26.50316, 56.17603

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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