Guardafui Channel

The Guardafui Channel (Arabic: مضيق غواردافوي, Somali: Marinka Gardafuul) is an oceanic strait off the tip of the Horn of Africa that lies geographically between the Puntland region of Somalia and the Socotra governorate of Yemen, and hydrologically between the Muqedian Sea and the Arabian Sea. It connects the Gulf of Aden to the north with the Indian Ocean to the south. Its namesake is Cape Guardafui, the very tip of the Horn of Africa.