For the next 60 days, the 90-mile length of waterway known as the Strait ... Persian Gulf. This Iranian threat led to the British increasing the security level for ships transiting the Strait of ...

The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is rarely far from the center of global tensions. A major shipping route that handles around 26% of the world’s oil trade, ...

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf Map for DCS World focuses on the Strait of Hormuz, which is the strategic choke point between the oil-rich Persian Gulf and the rest of the world. Flanked by Iran to ...

Any ships using the northern and eastern routes through the Strait of Hormuz to gain access to the Persian Gulf would have to transit through Iranian waters. Under the convention, Iran is ...

The mountains of Hormuz Island are rich in red oxide soil which gives the shoreline its otherworldly crimson colour. And with the turquoise water of the Persian Gulf kissing the shoreline, it’s ...

Great Britain’s Ministry of Defense announced that British Royal Navy will protect UK-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, as tensions soar in the Persian Gulf over tanker ...

In the vibrant yet fragile waters of the Gulf of Oman, spectacular phytoplankton blooms – visible even from space – unfold in ...