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Which strait separates Europe from Africa

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Think of the 14 km wide gap between Spain and Morocco that lets Atlantic water into the Mediterranean.
Updated On: Jul 17, 2026
  • Mallaica
  • Gibralter
  • Berring
  • Palk
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

This is a map question. Each option names a real strait, and only one of them has European land on one side and African land on the other. Take them one at a time.

  1. Mallaica (Malacca): This strait threads between peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra in Indonesia. It is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, but every shore around it is Asian. Europe and Africa are nowhere near it.
  2. Gibralter (Gibraltar): This is the narrow neck of water, roughly 14 km across at its tightest, that joins the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. Spain and Gibraltar stand on the north shore in Europe, Morocco and Ceuta stand on the south shore in Africa. That makes it the boundary between the two continents.
  3. Berring (Bering): This one lies far to the north, between Siberia in Russia and Alaska in the United States. So it parts Asia from North America, not Europe from Africa.
  4. Palk: This strait sits between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. Both coasts belong to Asia, so it cannot be the answer.

Only Gibraltar has one bank in Europe and the other in Africa, so option (B) is correct.

Let's summarize:

  • Strait of Gibraltar: Europe (Spain) and Africa (Morocco), links Atlantic to Mediterranean.
  • Malacca: Asia only. Bering: Asia and North America. Palk: Asia only.

So the strait that separates Europe from Africa is the Strait of Gibraltar.

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