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EX500rider

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7. That is not a picture of the Straights of Hormuz

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 11:23 AM

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That is a picture of the very narrow straight between Iranian Qeshm Island and Bandar Pol on the mainland.
That is not the shipping channel into the Gulf, it shallow & only a mile and a half wide.
The narrowest spot in the straight is around 21 mile wide.

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