🚤 Bab al-Mandab Strait

Eritrea · Africa · 12.58°N, 43.33°E

Quick facts

Country	Eritrea
Continent / region	Africa
Coordinates (approx.)	12.58°N, 43.33°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	1,401 km north of it
Solar time	UTC+3 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 03:02, sets 14:39 — 11 h 37 min of daylight

Bab al-Mandab Strait is located in Eritrea, in Africa.

Closest straits

Dact-el-Mayun — 0.0 km away, in Djibouti
Bab Iskender — 16 km away, in Yemen
Guardafui Channel — 1,000 km away, in Other
Straits of Tiran — 1,946 km away, in Other
Pemba Channel — 2,018 km away, in Other

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

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