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The GIUK gap is an area in the northern Atlantic Ocean that forms a naval warfare chokepoint. 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 military topics.

source: https://www.cia.gov/csi/monograph/coldwar/pg9.gif

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