some of these natural straits feel like they were deliberately designed for some crazy ahh history to play out around them, damn i love geography

One chokepoint that doesn't get a lot of talk, but is vital for connecting countries like Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan to Europe is the Volga-Don canal. It connects the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Azov via a canal between the Volga and Don rivers. The fact that the entire route is controlled by Russia is a major reason that nations on the Caspian are very leery of over-antagonizing the Russian government.

@robinier

6 ай бұрын

No idea that the Volga-Don canal was so vital, but makes a lot of sense. I know in the US river shipping on the Mississippi and Ohio is vital for grain, coal, and other bulk goods, but the infrastructure is not nearly as well maintained as it should be.

@R32R38

5 ай бұрын

@@robinier There's also the Welland Canal in Canada, which bypasses Niagara Falls and gives access to the Great Lakes from the Atlantic.

@robinier

5 ай бұрын

Thanks yeah St Lawrence seaway is another big one - Montreal, Toronto, Detroit, Chicago

Damn this channel is so cool, I thought it had at least a million subscribers. Straight to the point, perfect presentation and good quality videos.

An honorable mention should be given to the Strait of Magellan, which before the Panama Canal was built, used to be the prefered route to go from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

@scottgleeson4905

7 ай бұрын

Notable primarily for the difficulty of navigating through it.

@boio_

7 ай бұрын

​@@scottgleeson4905 and being somehow better than the Drake Passage!

@varungupta7203

2 ай бұрын

That isn't a choke-point, you can easily bypass it to the south.

Wow, I love to watch your videos. I also spent hours looking at the globe 🌎 from different angles to see what little effort can contribute hugely to man kind.

Your work is outstanding.. keep uploading the new videos about geography, geopolitics & issues related global climate...

I appreciate your calm, clear delivery of a well-composed text. New subscriber.

Thank you for sharing your insightful research. The amount of valuable information in these 2 videos is impressive.

i am from istanbul. we change continents everyday. u can go by road, ferry or metro. my favourite is ferry

@scottgleeson4905

7 ай бұрын

Istabul ... The European capital city taken by the muslim world. It must be a fascinating place to live, though I do wish modern Turkey had decided to join the rest of Europe after the fall of the Ottoman and other European empires, accepting it dissolution into smaller ethno-nation states. If it weren't for Turkey's size and its unresolved internal relations with other Anatolian ethnicities, Istanbul could be part of the EU by now, which is really where you guys belong.

@koseku3

5 ай бұрын

@@scottgleeson4905 müslims? No

Can u pls make a geopolitical map changes round up for 2021 like you did for 2019 and 2018

What could go wrong, well here we are in Feb.

The Bering strait is a very interesting one. Along with its importance are the stories it could talk about the current events of Earth may it be Environmental, Ecological, Geopolitical, Geographical, etc. An example would be the melting of Polar ice caps. These are melting mainly due to climate change. A major player of which is oil, which would also be the main product transported in the Bering strait. And then Geopolitics, it would speak for itself. :)))

So well explained by a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend.

342 views, 2 comments. On a more serious note: passages between the islands surrounding the Caribbean sea can be very narrow.

Wish you would cover the South American straits too...

@solomon4554

10 ай бұрын

Barely anyone sails through them

part 3 pls

Watch for Chinese ships with dredging capabilities! They like to build islands to suit their needs.

This is interesting. What would also be interesting would be non-maritime chokepoints. Things like the Channel Tunnel, though admittedly that would only disadvantage one country, or the Darien Gap... Admittedly there are fewer of these, and none of them as international as maritime chokepoints, so you'd have to go more domestic. For example, here in the UK, we've got the RAAC crisis going on. What if somewhere like Birmingham New Street (railway station) was to collapse? The entire country's passenger rail network would come grinding to a halt. And I'm sure there are other such situations...

@scottgleeson4905

7 ай бұрын

The Darien Gap isn't really a chokepoint. Trade simply does not go through it at all. Similarly, the Channel Tunnel isn't a chokepoint. It was added to improve the already flowing trade and movements across the English Channel. You seem to be describing natural barriers to free movement, not chokepoints. The closest thing to a "choke-point" on land would be a mountain pass

@R32R38

5 ай бұрын

@@scottgleeson4905 The Nipigon River Bridge in Canada is literally the only road connection between the eastern and western parts of the country, other than a long and politically problematic detour through the US.

Great Videos ‼‼

No mention of Torres Strait

The Northwest Passage is Canadian. The Northeast Passage is Russian.

Do some people really not know about these places? Gosh, I learned about them in school.

you forgot about the canal to the caspian sea and also the rivers through europe

Thankfully in the future global shipping will be entirely controlled by Lord Bezos Junior, transported using giant Amazon shipping drones and Tesla trucks.

Okay. Now how do i pull myself up by the bootstraps to profit off of this information?

Krimera should be part of turkei

Didn't a New Zealander take a donkey there?

Nice video! But russia is hardly a super power.

You missed Hormuz

@theurchin65

Жыл бұрын

He mentioned Hormuz in the last chokepoint video and he's also done a separate video on Hormuz.

@scottgleeson4905

7 ай бұрын

The most contentious one.

👍🏼 but russia is not a superpower

@shawnhoebeck7784

7 ай бұрын

Shhh