page_title: GIUK gap
hierarchical_section_title: GIUK gap
caption_attribution_description: This is a PNG version of "Guik gap.gif" as it appeared on the English Wikipedia. As it has been recommended that the GIF version is replaced by a PNG or SVG version, I converted the original GIF to PNG and uploaded it to Wikimedia Commons instead. All I have done is convert the image to PNG, and rename it to "GIUK_gap" instead of "Guik gap", in correspondance with the Wikipedia article on the GIUK gap.
context_page_description: The GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point. Its name is an acronym for Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, the gap being the open ocean between these three landmasses. The term is typically used in relation to military topics. The area has been considered strategically important since the beginning of the 20th century.
context_section_description: The GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point. Its name is an acronym for Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, the gap being the open ocean between these three landmasses. The term is typically used in relation to military topics. The area has been considered strategically important since the beginning of the 20th century.
caption: The GIUK gap in the North Atlantic (showing international boundaries as of 1983)
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