Straits of the World

The Straits of the World were a high region once located between the inland Sea of Helcar, the Inner Seas, and Bay of Belfalas, the southeastern section of the Great Gulf.
==Geography==
In The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad, the Straits of the World are represented a crossed by the river Poros and the river Harnen.The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, "The First Age of Arda"
==History==
According to the Ambarkanta, the War of the Powers caused the formation of the Great Gulf and creation of a link, called the Inner Seas, between the inland Sea of Ringil, Eastern Sea, and Western Sea, causing the separation of the Dark Land from the Hither Lands. The new region between them was called the Straits of the World.
After the War of Wrath, the inland Sea of Helcar was drained into the Belegaer, and the region ceased to be a strait.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Seestraat van die Wêreld
Albanian 	Ngushticat e Botës
Arabic 	مضايق العالم
Armenian 	Աշխարհի նեղուցները
Asturian 	Estrechos del Mundu
Azerbaijani 	Dünyanın Boğazları
Basque 	Munduko Itsasarteak
Belarusian Cyrillic	Пралівы свету
Bosnian 	Moreuzi Svijeta
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Проливите на света
Cambodian 	ច្រករបៀងពិភពលោក
Catalan 	Estrets del Món
Croatian 	Svjetski tjesnaci
Chinese 	世界海峡
Czech 	Průlivy světa
Danish 	Verdens Stræder
Dutch 	Zeestraten van de Wereld
Estonian 	Maailma väinad
Faroese 	Heimssundar
Filipino 	Kipot ng Mundo
Finnish 	Maailman salmiin
French 	Détroits du Monde
Frisian 	Seestrjitten fan 'e Wrâld (Western)
Galician 	Estreitos do Mundo
Georgian 	მსოფლიოს სრუტეები
German 	Meerengen der Welt
Greek 	Στενά του κόσμου
Gujarati 	વિશ્વની સામુદ્રધુની
Hebrew 	מיצרי העולם
Hindi 	दुनिया के जलडमरूमध्य
Hungarian 	A Világ szorosai
Icelandic 	Sunds Heimsins
Indonesian 	Selat-selat dunia
Irish Gaelic 	Caolais an Domhain
Italian 	Stretti del Mondo
Japanese 	世界の海峡
Kannada 	ಪ್ರಪಂಚದ ಜಲಸಂಧಿಗಳು
Kazakh 	Әлемнің бұғаздары (Cyrillic) Älemniñ buğazdarı (Latin)
Konkani 	संवसारांतले सामुद्रधुनी
Korean 	세계의 해협
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Дүйнөнүн кысыктары
Laotian 	ຊ່ອງແຄບຂອງໂລກ
Latvian 	Pasaules šaurumi
Lithuanian 	Pasaulio Sąsiauriai
Macedonian Cyrillic	Теснини на Светот
Malayalam 	ലോകത്തിൻ്റെ കടലിടുക്ക്
Malaysian 	Selat-selat dunia
Maltese 	Istretti tad-dinja
Marathi 	जगाच्या सामुद्रधुनी
Nepalese 	संसारको जलडमरू
Norwegian 	Verdens Streder
Occitans 	Estrechs del Mond
Pashto 	د نړۍ تنګي
Persian 	تنگه های جهان
Polish 	Cieśniny świata
Portuguese 	Estreitos do Mundo
Punjabi 	ਸੰਸਾਰ ਦੇ ਸਟਰੇਟਸ
Romanian 	Strâmtorile Lumii
Russian 	Проливы мира
Sanskrit 	जगतः जलसन्धिः
Sardinian 	Strettus de su Mundu
Serbian 	Теснаци света (Cyrillic) Tesnaci sveta (Latin)
Sicilian 	Stretti dû Munnu
Sinhalese 	ලෝකයේ සමුද්ර සන්ධි
Slovak 	Svetové úžiny
Slovenian 	Svetovne ožine
Spanish 	Estrechos del Mundo
Swedish 	Världens sundets
Tajik Cyrillic 	Гулӯгоҳҳои Ҷаҳон
Tamil 	உலகின் ஜலசந்தி
Tatar 	Дөнья бугазлары
Telugu 	ప్రపంచంలోని జలసంధి
Thai 	ช่องแคบของโลก
Turkish 	Dünya Boğazları
Turkmen 	Dünýäniň Bogazlary
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Протоки світу
Urdu 	دنیا کے آبنائے
Uzbek 	Дунё Бўғозлари (Cyrillic) Dunyo Bo'g'ozlari (Latin)
Venetian 	Streti del Mondo
Vietnamese 	Eo biển thế giới
Welsh 	Culforoedd y Byd
Yiddish 	סטרייטס פון דער וועלט
==References==
Category:Bodies of water
Category:Coasts
Category:Middle-earth
Category:Far Southern Lands