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The Strait of Hormuz is about 39 kilometres wide

Its two shipping lanes are each only about three kilometres across, separated by a buffer The strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman. Because the gulf has no other sea outlet, a very large share of the world's seaborne oil has to pass through this one channel. The lanes weave between islands and shallow water, which is why they are so tightly defined. It sits in Mondo's world geography collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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The Strait of Hormuz is about 39 kilometres wide: the short answers

Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Its two shipping lanes are each only about three kilometres across, separated by a buffer. The figure is taken from US Energy Information Administration, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a world geography fact?: Yes. It sits on the World Geography shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.