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Guardafui Channel
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<p>The Guardafui Channel is an oceanic <a href="/facts/Strait/cCc9sung">strait</a> off the tip of the <a href="/facts/Horn_of_Africa/jU4Xk52j">Horn of Africa</a> that lies between the <a href="/facts/Puntland/L7TXNWU3">Puntland</a> region of <a href="/facts/Somalia/3wQYwIdS">Somalia</a> and the <a href="/facts/Socotra_Governorate/ErzCBKdQ">Socotra governorate</a> of <a href="/facts/Yemen/eDyoh4qV">Yemen</a> to the west of the <a href="/facts/Arabian_Sea/JM6V0y3s">Arabian Sea</a>. It connects the <a href="/facts/Gulf_of_Aden/uq1YrFP4">Gulf of Aden</a> to the north with the <a href="/facts/Indian_Ocean/Kv0crwKG">Indian Ocean</a> to the south. Its namesake is <a href="/facts/Cape_Guardafui/GJFjr0oC">Cape Guardafui</a>, the very tip of the Horn of Africa. </p>