The Strait of Mandeb

The Strait of Mandeb

The Strait of Mandeb (25-29km wide) can be considered one of the most important sea-level waterways necessary for trade traffic and energy transport in the world. Through it, 15% of international shipsmove roundtrip. The Strait is located between Yemen coasts from the east and Djibouti from the west. In the Strait, there is Yemeni Perim Island which splits it into to crossings (an eastern crossing which is 3km wide and 30m deep, and s western crossing which is 30km wide and 300m deep). Ship traffic depends mostly on this Strait.Strategically, this Strait cannot be separated from Gulf of Eden, Yemen, Arabian Sea, and Somalia from the south and east as well as Ethiopia and Eritrea from the north and west.