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The Strait of Hormuz (ペルシア語:تنگه هرمز) ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' , (アラビア語:مَضيق هُرمُز) ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf. It is the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one of the world's most strategically important choke points. On the north coast is Iran, and on the south coast is the United Arab Emirates and Musandam, an exclave of Oman. At its narrowest, the strait is wide.〔 About 20% of the world's petroleum, and about 35% of the petroleum traded by sea, passes through the strait making it a highly important strategic location for international trade. ==Etymology== The opening to the Persian Gulf was described, but not given a name, in the ''Periplus of the Erythraean Sea'', a 1st-century mariner's guide: In the 10th to 17th centuries AD, the Kingdom of Ormus, which seems to have given the strait its name, was located here. Scholars, historians and linguists derive the name "Ormuz" from the local Persian word ''Hur-mogh'' meaning date palm.〔(Minicipality of Minab ), (in Persian). Retrieved 30 December 2011.〕 In the local dialects of Hurmoz and Minab this strait is still called Hurmogh and has the aforementioned meaning. The resemblance of this word with the name of the Persian god ''Hormoz'' (a variant of ''Ahura Mazda'') has resulted in the popular belief that these words are related. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Strait of Hormuz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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