The GIUK gap (sometimes written G-I-UK) is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval choke point. Its name is an acronym for Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, the gap being the two stretches of open ocean among these three landmasses. It separates the Norwegian Sea and the North Sea from the open Atlantic Ocean.

2025年1月21日 · Though its significance waned following the Cold War, the GIUK Gap is taking on new relevance amid mounting Russian naval activity, Arctic expansion, and emerging hybrid threats, making it once again a maritime chokepoint of strategic note.

GIUK缺口是描述位于北大西洋海域上一处与海军作战有重大关系的海域。 GIUK的缩写来自于格陵兰、冰岛和英国这三个地方，GIUK缺口就是指位于这三地之间的海域，通常是引用在军事相关的论述上。 GIUK缺口对英国皇家海军尤其重要，因为欧洲北方的国家如果要进入大西洋海域，不是得要通过防守容易的英伦海峡，就是要从冰岛两侧的其中一条航道溜过去。 只有法国、西班牙与葡萄牙具有直接且难以被皇家海军封锁的航线进入大西洋。 二次世界大战期间，德国海军企图利 …

2023年1月21日 · Although the GIUK Gap has become a strategic symbol of NATO’s efforts to contain the Soviet Union at sea, the Gap has an intertwined history and long-standing influence over British strategic thinking.

2017年5月2日 · For a Russian warship to get from icy northern waters to the eastern Mediterranean, it must pass through the GIUK Gap. If American warships are sent with large numbers of troops and materiel to reinforce Europe, they must cross Atlantic waters infested with Russian submarines, surface vessels, or aircraft that transited south through the gap.

GIUK Gap – Ships assigned to Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) are patrolling the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdon-Norway (GIUK) Gap in the High North, bringing presence as well as strengthened maritime and air-defence capabilities to the region. ... The area is also important for Russia, providing an essential route to the Atlantic ...

The GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval warfare choke point. Its name is an acronym for Greenland, Iceland, and the United Kingdom, the gap being the open ocean between these three landmasses. The term is typically used in relation to military topics.

After a long period of neglect after the end of the Cold War, the so-called Greenland–Iceland–United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap has returned as one of NATO’s major strategic maritime concerns and features prominently in the calculations of others – …

This study explores the geopolitical and geostrategic significance of the GIUK (Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom) Gap, a region of the North Atlantic Ocean between those respective islands, part of the broader Arctic realm known as the High North.

6 小时之前 · Sea-ice area on Sept. 20, 2024. Median sea-ice extent for Sept. (1981-2010) Arctic. Ocean. ... Greenland lies along what the old Cold Warriors dubbed the “GIUK Gap,” the pinch point between ...