Faak al-As'ad Strait

Faak al-As'ad Strait (lit. The Freeing of the Lion) is located in the Musandam Governorate of Oman at 26°21'32" N 56°30'35" E. A part of the strategic Musandam Peninsula (one of the defining land component of the Hormuz Strait),File:Elphinstone Inlet.webp it is a Class H strait which, at depth and is a minor side passage for the crude oil tanker traffic for which the region is famous. During the 2026 Iran War rumors spread on-line that the strait had been dredged by the US Navy to create this capability –a claim which was met with some ribaldry.

Tectonically on the edge of the Arabian Plate, which is pushing beneath the Eurasian Plate, it is one of the valleys of the peninsula which has over the millennia filled with water.

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Images of the strait

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