Hormuz is located on the Strait of Hormuz, between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, 5 miles (8 km) off the coast of Iran. Its proximity to the strait, through which about 20 percent of the world’s crude oil and liquefied natural gas passes, and to Bandar Abbas, an Iranian port city that dominates Iran’s shipping activity, put in a particularly strategic location.
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