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==Navigational (legal) regime==
[[Straits used for international navigation]] through the territorial sea between one part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone and another part of the [[high seas]] or an [[exclusive economic zone]] are subject to the legal regime of [[transit passage]] ([[Strait of Gibraltar]], [[Dover Strait]], [[Strait of Hormuz]]). The regime of [[innocent passage]] applies in straits used for international navigation (1) that connect a part of high seas or an exclusive economic zone with the territorial sea of a coastal nation ([[Strait of Tiran|Straits of Tiran]], [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]], [[Strait of Baltiysk]]) and (2) in straits formed by an island of a state bordering the strait and its mainland if there exists seaward of the island a route through the high seas or through an exclusive economic zone of similar convenience with respect to navigational and hydrographical characteristics ([[Strait of Messina]], [[Pentland Firth]]). There may be no suspension of innocent passage through such straits.<ref>{{cite book | last=Bugajski | first=Dariusz R. | title=Navigational rights and freedoms in the international law and practice | date=2021 | isbn=978-83-961549-1-0 | oclc=1267382284 | author-link = Dariusz Bugajski | pages = 305–308| publisher=Akademia Marynarki Wojennej }}</ref>