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	Strait of Hormuz
		Strait separating the Persian Gulf to the west and the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea to the east.
		The strait touches Iran to the north and Oman to the south (the peninsula of Musandam).
		The strait of Hormuz is of great strategical importance, as it is the only sea route through which oil from Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, as well as most of United Arab Emirates, can be transported.
	i-cias.com /e.o/hormuz.htm (138 words)

	Strait of Hormuz - Encyclopedia of Earth
		The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passageway connecting the Persian Gulf with the Arabian Sea and separating Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, is one of the world's vital oil transit chokepoints.
		The narrow strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
		Because oil being exported through the Strait of Hormuz is projected to increase, ensuring the flow of oil through this hostile region will continue to be a crucial issue in the years to come.
	www.eoearth.org /article/Strait_of_Hormuz (938 words)

	HORMUZ - Satellite Images - Strait of Hormuz
		This oblique, north looking view shows the Strait of Hormuz (25.5N, 56.0E) which connects the Persian Gulf, to the left, with the Gulf of Oman, to the right.
		Sunglint in the Gulf of Oman, to the south of the strait accentuates the complex currents and oil slicks, seen as light toned blue streaks on the surface.
		Sunglint in the Gulf of Oman, south of the strait, accentuates the complex currents and oil slicks, seen as dark toned blue streaks on the surface.
	www.dataxinfo.com /hormuz/strait.htm (505 words)

	Hormuz Strait of - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Hormuz, Strait of, narrow waterway, linking the Persian Gulf on the west, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea on the east.
		The Iranian shore tends to be mountainous and fringed with cliffs, while sandy beaches border the Arabian shore, broken by many small islands and...
		It leads through the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian Gulf.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Hormuz_Strait_of.html (126 words)

	Case Study
		The straits are strategically important and represents one of the nine major water chokepoints in the world, being only 50km wide at its shortest point.
		Since the Strait of Hormuz represents a majotr oil transit point if a war were to erupt the enviornmental damage caused by oil spills would be catastrophic to the natural marine life as well as the economies of the nations wihtin this region.
		he Straits of Hormuz and the waters of the Gulf are home to a variety of species(some pictured above) including green and hawksbill turtles, dugongs, finless porpoise, gold lipped pearl oysters, and a medley of birds including the Dalmatian pelican, pygmy cormorant, and the lesser white footed goose.
	www.american.edu /TED/ice/hormuz.htm (2392 words)

	Why not build oil pipeline to bypass Strait of Hormuz?
		Over the years, Iran's power to interdict or to threaten to interdict free passage through the strait has forced the United States to maintain a military presence in the region to protect this strategic passage.
		It would be much less expensive to maintain control of the Strait of Hormuz if there were not economic pressure for prompt action because of the impact of the closing on the world's economy.
		This is where the ability to bypass the Strait of Hormuz via pipeline may be most effective.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/editorial/97/07/07/brito7-6.html (984 words)

	Iran Focus-Iran military hints at Strait of Hormuz blockade - Iran (General) - News
		“The Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf are the corner stone of [Iran’s] defence.
		The Strait of Hormuz counts as a point of economic control and pressure in the transfer of energy for aggressive powers from beyond the continent that want to endanger the security of the region”, General Safavi said.
		The IRGC chief said the ongoing naval exercises should be seen in the context of “the geographical importance of the Persian Gulf, the timing and conditions of the exercises and the various modern and advanced weapons tested”.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=6605 (322 words)

	Strait of Hormuz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the upper end of these Calaei islands is a range of mountains called Calon, and there follows not far beyond, the mouth of the Persian Gulf, where there is much diving for the pearl-mussel.
		In the local dialects of Hurmoz and Minab this strait is still called Hurmogh and has the aforementioned meaning.
		The battle, dubbed Operation Praying Mantis by the U.S. side, was launched in retaliation for the 14 April mining of the USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz (510 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Hormuz, Strait of (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A port of strategic and commercial importance, it is the focal point of the trade routes of S Iran.
		Zagros ZAGROS [Zagros], mountain system of W Iran, extending c.1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the Turkish-Armenian frontier SE to the Strait of Hormuz, forming the western and southern border of the central Iranian plateau; rises to Mt. Sabalan, 15,592 ft (4,752 m) high.
		USS TARAWA -- A sailor stands on the deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa as it passes through the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, February 10, 2003 on it's way to the Persian Gulf.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/06053.html (592 words)

	RedOrbit - General - Navy pledges to safeguard Hormuz Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		LONDON (Reuters) - The United States would ensure the free flow of oil and trade through the Strait of Hormuz if passage was threatened, its top navy commander in the Gulf told Reuters on Monday.
		Iran has a commanding position on the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic channel at the mouth of the Gulf that is a conduit for close to two-fifths of globally traded oil.
		Military analysts have speculated that if Iran were cornered it might attempt to mine the Strait of Hormuz and wider Gulf region.
	www.redorbit.com /news/general/557817/navy_pledges_to_safeguard_hormuz_strait/index.html?source=r_general (542 words)

	Trade and Finance: Hormuz: Getting The Strait Story
		At its narrowest point, Hormuz is about 25 miles wide the distance that would be covered by 100 of the world's largest supertankers laid end to end.
		This is regarded as an improbable, worst case scenario under present circumstances, since Iraq does not appear to have the capability to inflict this degree of damage on Iran's heavily defended main oil export terminal at Kharg Island.
		At the present time 8.2 million barrels of oil are going through the straits per day 3.7 million from Saudi Arabia, 1.8 million from Iran, 1.1 million from the United Arab Emirates, 900,000 from Kuwait, 400,000 from Qatar, and 300,000 from Oman.
	www.washington-report.org /backissues/031984/840319004.html (774 words)

	Hydrology and circulation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman - Results from the GOGP99 ...
		Hydrology and circulation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman - Results from the GOGP99...
		Hydrology and circulation in the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman - Results from the GOGP99 experiment: 1.
		The tidal signal measured south of the Strait by moored ADCP and thermistor chains has predominant semi-diurnal M2 and S2 and diurnal K1 components and possesses a complex vertical structure.
	www.ifremer.fr /docelec/notice/2004/notice389.htm (252 words)

	Austin Bay Blog » UPDATED: Iran’s nuclear mullahs and the UN: closer to sanctions?/A look at the Strait of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Meanwhile, Iran is rejecting EU criticism of its human rights record and is once again threatening to disrupt oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
		The map is labeled “the current status of military forces in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, 1384.” 1384 is the Iranian year that ends on March 20, 2006.
		I suspect that the consequences of the Iranians closing the Straits of Hormuz would be a rather harsh lesson in real-world economics for the mullahs.
	austinbay.net /blog/?p=1074 (6919 words)

	Strait of Hormuz Experiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Strait of Hormuz, connecting the Arabian (Persian) Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean, is one of the most important waterways in the world ocean.
		Water exchange through the Strait is believed to be forced primarily by the large annual evaporation over the Arabian Gulf, which drives a shallow inflow of water from the Arabian Sea and a deep outflow of dense, hypersaline water.
		Instrumentation on this mooring consisted of 5 Sea-Bird SBE-16 recorders, measuring temperature, salinity, and pressure at nominal depths of 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 m, and 5 TSKA temperature recorders deployed at nominal depths of 30, 50, 70, and 90 m (Fig.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /personal/hpeters/OTECH/Hormuz-page.html (331 words)

	Persian Gulf Fact Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz account for roughly two-fifths of all world traded oil, and closure of the Strait of Hormuz would require use of longer alternate routes (if available) at increased transportation costs.
		The 15.0-15.5 million bbl/d or so of oil which transit the Strait of Hormuz goes both eastwards to Asia (especially Japan, China, and India) and westwards (via the Suez Canal, the Sumed pipeline, and around the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa) to Western Europe and the United States.
		Small amounts of oil from the Persian Gulf were exported via routes besides the Strait of Hormuz in 2003.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/pgulf.html (2142 words)

	WILLisms.com: Flashpoint: Strait of Hormuz
		Tehran, Iran, Apr. 05 [2006] – The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, described on Wednesday the Strait of Hormuz on Iran’s southern shores as “the economic lifeline” of the West and said it could be used to put pressure on Iran’s enemies, state television reported.
		Iran blockaded the Strait during the Tanker War of 1984-87, which drew in U.S. involvement when the U.S.S. Stark was hit by an Iraqi missile.
		Posted by: Zsa Zsa at April 20, 2006 01:25 PM In 1987 when I was part of the Hormuz Highway Patrol, the straits was a pretty unsafe place for anyone.
	www.willisms.com /archives/2006/04/flashpoint_stra.html (739 words)

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		October 7, 2005: The Strait of Hormuz has been a hot spot in the past, most notably during the later stages of the Iran-Iraq War, and is one area that probably occupies the mind of American military planners.
		While the report of this threat indicated that Iran would cut back oil production, it also should be noted that Iran could decide to try to close the Strait of Hormuz, hoping to force the world to back off in the face of a threat to the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf.
		Any attempt by Iran to shut down the Strait of Hormuz will end in a naval-air confrontation that will probably end with most of Iran’s acquisitions from China and Russia on the bottom of the Strait of Hormuz.
	www.strategypage.com /qnd/urbang/articles/20051007.aspx (539 words)

	Choke points are concern for Persian Gulf-bound ships (Pilot Online/HamptonRoads.com)
		The Strait of Gilbraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean, and the Suez connects the Mediterranean to the Red Sea.
		The strait is 17 miles wide at its most narrow point and 120 miles long.
		The U-shaped strait is bordered to the south by Oman, an ally of the United States, and to the north by Iran, which Bush has included in the ``axis of evil.'' The threat from submarines and mines has long been a concern to the American Navy in this choke point.
	www.hamptonroads.com /pilotonline/special/suez/choke.html (769 words)

	Musandam, Oman, overlooking the Straits of Hormuz, smugglers from Iran, geology and way of life, travel tips
		The Musandam Peninsula is the northernmost part of Oman jutting out into the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
		The province, or governorate of Musandam as it is officially known, is separated from the rest of Oman by various of the United Arab Emirates - Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah.
		They have to avoid the Iranian coastguard as well as other shipping in the strait waters; the crossing is dangerous with so many oil-tankers passing to and fro.
	www.geocities.com /suonnoch/Oman/Musandam.htm (1898 words)

	strait of hormuz map
		The narrow Strait of Hormuz is considered one of the most, if not the most strategic strait of water on the planet, as through its waters, in giant ocean-going tankers, pass much of the oil from the countries of Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
		Bordered by Iran, Oman's Musandam Peninsula and the United Arab Emirates, this stretch of water is of obvious military significance, and subsequently, the U.S. Navy and others parole its waters.
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	worldatlas.com /aatlas/infopage/hormuz.htm (304 words)

	Austin Bay Blog » Iran and the Oil Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Straits of Hormuz connect the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean.
		Incidently the threat to the Straits is primarily mines.
		The mullahs trying to cut the Straits of Hormuz means also their own exports being stopped by the USN.
	austinbay.net /blog/index.php?p=125 (2099 words)

	ThreatsWatch.Org: RapidRecon: Iran, Silkworms and the Strait of Hormuz
		ThreatsWatch.Org: RapidRecon: Iran, Silkworms and the Strait of Hormuz
		As a reminder that Iran holds tanker passage through the Strait of Hormuz as a trump card to conflict, Eagle1 at EagleSpeak gives readers a look at the threat from Iran.
		At its narrowest point the Strait of Hormuz is only 21 miles wide, two 1-mile-wide channels for inbound and outbound tanker traffic, as well as a 2-mile-wide buffer zone.
	rapidrecon.threatswatch.org /2006/02/iran-silkworms-and-the-strait (139 words)

	Iran Readies Plan to Close Strait of Hormuz - Sean Hannity Discussion
		The plans, which include the use of bottom-tethered mines potentially capable of destroying U.S. aircraft carriers, were designed to counter a U.S. land invasion and to close the Strait of Hormuz, the defector said in a phone interview from his home in Europe.
		The kill zones run from the low-lying coast just to the east of Bandar Abbas, Iran's main port that sits in the bottleneck of the Strait of Hormuz, to the ports of Jask and Shah Bahar on the Indian Ocean, beyond the Strait.
		The Iranians also plan to lay huge minefields across the Persian Gulf inside the Strait of Hormuz, effectively trapping ships that manage to cross the Strait before they can enter the Gulf, where they can be destroyed by coastal artillery and land-based "Silkworm" missile batteries.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=58145 (1723 words)

	HORMUZ - Straits of Hormuz and the Musandam Peninsula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean, has been a strategic focus in world affairs for thousands of years.
		In the last few decades some 25% of the worlds oil production has passed through it.
		This web site is about the islands and the coastal regions on either side of the strait.
	www.dataxinfo.com /hormuz (68 words)

	Dubai and the Strait of Hormuz
		This tiny state forms the promontory that juts out into the famed Strait of Hormuz through which 40 percent of the world’s oil passes every day.
		No military strategy can hope to succeed without first establishing a beachhead across the strait in Iran, so that the danger of blowing up oil tankers and blocking passage is removed.
		All eyes should be focused on Dubai and the tenuous future of the Strait of Hormuz.
	onlinejournal.com /artman/publish/article_571.shtml (1096 words)

	[FREE IRAN Project] In The Spirit Of Cyrus The Great :: View topic - Red Alert-Strait of Hormuz
		Hormuz Strait, the waterway from the Gulf to the India Ocean, plays a considerable role in the global transportation of oil.
		The strait touches Iran to the north and Oman to the south (the peninsula of Musandem).
		The strait of Hormuz is of great strategical importance, as it is the only sea route where oil from Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, as well as most of United Arab Emirates can be transported.
	activistchat.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6739 (12321 words)

	A Blog For All: Iran Threatens Closure of Straits of Hormuz
		The Supreme Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, described on Wednesday the Strait of Hormuz on Iran’s southern shores as “the economic lifeline” of the West and said it could be used to put pressure on Iran’s enemies, state television reported.
		They don't have to actually close the Straits of Hormuz to cause economic harm.
		Dump a bunch into the straits, and let the craziness ensue.
	lawhawk.blogspot.com /2006/04/iran-threatens-closure-of-straits-of.html (528 words)

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