Talk:Straits of Tiran
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Not clear if "strait" or "straits" is more correct - the plural is more common according to Google, but for instance the official text of the Egypt-Israel peace treaty says "Strait of Tiran". In general govt websites are inconsistent though. Does anybody have a definitive source? Stan 04:59, 6 May 2004 (UTC)
Straits is obviously more correct, as there are more than one, formed by the islands. Only the one nearer Egypt is deep enough to be navigable for large ships. Probably the treaty and other sources use the singular because they are referring to this one, the use of which all the controversy was about.--John Z 17:45, 28 May 2005 (UTC)--John Z 17:45, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
Isn't it equally true that the Straits of Tiran is the only path to Jordan's sole port, that being Aqaba? It's not just Eilat up there.. .--Commking 22 Sep 2005
[edit] International waters
Could someone provide a source for the recently added statement that "These straits have been declared international waters by the World Court"? I've googled around for a source, and I cannot find one. If this has been decided so, it would seem to be contrary to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea which puts the strait within 12 mile national waters, but gives rights of "innocent passage" to international shipping. -- Rwendland 09:19, 11 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Why the Israeli stub?
Although I understand that the Straits of Tiran are important to Israel, they are not part of Israel. So why does this page have the geography of Israel stub? If there's no opposition, I'll delete it. Picaroon9288 01:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Alright, then this page shall no longer have that stub. Picaroon9288 19:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Fair use map
I'm requesting a new map for this page because the one currently there is copyrighted. It was tagged as "fair use", but this is clearly not the case. --dm (talk) 20:54, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
