sea route
Mariner's charted course
A sea route is a path across ocean or coastal waters used for shipping or travel between ports.
The term emphasizes established passages rather than random crossings: The sea route through the Suez Canal shortened the journey to Asia.
Historically, control of sea routes determined naval and commercial power.
- straitConstricted marine passage
- shipping laneDesignated ocean travel path
- Northwest PassageArctic shipping channel
- longshipSlender Norse rowing vessel
- navigationDetermining position and course
dead reckoning · spice trade · seafaring · ocean · North Star · naval expeditions · nautical chart · Cape of Good Hope · silk road · passage · trade winds · Vinland · Drake · Magellan · voyage · channel · open water · high seas
- historic travelGrand Tour, carriage, pilgrimages, wagon, Silk Road
- routesroad, path, highway, freeway, trail
- trade routessilk road, Silk Road, cargo routes, merchant routes, commercial routes
- voyagesvoyage, cruise, passage, crossing, transatlantic crossing
- Maritime Shippingcargo ship, container ship, freighter, shipping line, shipping container
- sea travelcruise, cruise ship, cruise ships, voyage, ocean voyage
medium of travel
sea routeoverland route
Path traversing terrain, not water
road · highway · caravan route · railway · railroad