Strait 0f Hormuz

Strait of Hormuz (548): Persia - Oman. RAF Aeronautical Chart, 1st edition. GSGS4695. Scale 1:1,000,000. Published by the War Office based on the United States World Aeronautical Chart

The Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean. Noted on the Trucial Coast is Sharjah which is now an Emirate of the United Arab Emirates. In 1932 Imperial Airways established a regular air service which included overnight stops at Sharjah, and the airfield later became RAF Sharjah.