Block Areas

The following block area codes are accepted for the blockAreas parameter to restrict routes from passing through specific regions.

This feature is particularly useful for optimizing routes to avoid congestion, high costs, restricted or high risk zones.

IDName
11091Oresund
11092Muhu Strait
11093East Khios
11094West Kos
11095North Rhodes
11096West Ikaria
11097East Ikaria
11098Irbe Strait
11099Corinth Canal
11100Gibraltar
11101Kiel Canal
11102Lillebelt
11103Magellan Strait
11104Archipelago
11105Inner Seas
11106South Sri Lanka
11107Northern Atlantic
11108Pentland Firth
11109Sea of Aland
11110South Victoria Island
11111Limfjorden
11112Panama Canal
11113Windward Passage
11114Providence Channel
11115NE Passage
11116Mona Passage
11117Suez Canal
11118Elafonisou Strait
11119Palk Strait
11120MClure Strait
11121Prince of Wales Strait
11122Irish Sea
11123Messina Strait
11124West Khios
11125East Kos
11126South Rhodes
11127Cape Horn
11128Bosporus
11129Dardanelles Strait
11130Bay of Biscay
11131Great Belt - Blocking
11132Great Belt
11133Dover Strait
11134Ireland West Coast
11135Malacca Strait
11136Cape Good Hope
11137Singapore Strait
11138Skaw
11139Yucatan Passage
11140North Shetland
11141Sumbawa Strait - Block
11142Lombok Strait
11143South of Sabang
11145Sibutu Passage
11146North of Sabang
11147Sulu - Blocking
11148Basilian Strait
11149Bali Strait - Block
11150Taiwan Strait
11151San Bernardino Strait
11152Mindoro Strait
11153Surigao Strait
11154Luzon Strait
11155Karimata Strait
11156Balbac Strait
11157Makassar Strait
11158Gela Canal
11159Antigua Passage
11160Guadalupe Passage
11161Dominica Passage
11162St. Lucia Passage
11163St. Vincent Passage
11164Osumi Strait
11165East Taiwan
11166Grenada Passage
11167Anegada Passage
11168Old Bahama Channel
11169Florida Strait
11170West Gotland
11171East Gotland
11172West Oland
11173Torres Strait
11174East Oland
11175North Severnyj
11176Karskiye Strait
11177Yugorsky Strait
11178Sannikov Strait
11179Dmitriy Laptev Strait
11180Tsugaru Strait
11181Soya Strait
11182Kanmon Strait
11183Tatar Strait
11184North Kotelny Island
11185Bass Strait
11186Cook Strait
11187Foveaux Strait
11188South Tasmania
11189Ombai Strait
11190Wetar Strait
11191East Jamadena
11192South Papua
11193South Philippines
11194Komodo - Blocking
11195East Sulawesi
11196Verde Island Passage
11197Coron Bay - Blocking
11198West Jamadena
11199North Maluku
11200South Sulawesi
11201South Buton
11202North Obi
11203Thsushima Strait
11204Fair Isle
11205Lifamatola
11206South Almaera
11207North Salakan
11208Bougainville Strait
11209Halmahera
11210Augusta's Strait
11211Dampier Strait - Blocking
11212Vitiaz Strait
11213St. Georges Channel
11214West Taliabu
11215Banggai - Blocking
11216North NZ
11217Three Kings Island
11218Naruto Strait
11219Kitan Strait
11220Akashi Strait
11221Nemuro Strait
11222Korean Strait
11223Ishigaki Strait
11224South Amami
11225North Amami
11226Kunashir
11227Iturup
11228Chirpoy
11229South Raykoke
11230North Raykoke
11231Onekotan - Blocking
11232First Kuril Strait
11233Second Kuril Strait
11234South Paramushir
11235Orkney - Blocking
11236Fury and Hecla Strait
11237Bellot Strait
11238Peel Sound
11239MClintock Channel
11240NW Passage
11241Lancaster Sound
11242Miyako Strait
11243Beagle Channel
11244South Yakushima
11245Yakushima Strait
11246Hoyo Strait
11247Qiongzhou Strait
11248South Hainan
11249Ten Degree Canal
11250North Andaman
11251Sombrero Channel
11252Nicobar - Block
11253Andaman - Block
21220Japanese Sea
21221Guam
21541Black Sea
21542Strait of Ormoz
21543Off Chittagong
21545Off Abidjan
21546Off Ghana
21547Off Nigeria
21548Off Conakry
21549Off Gabon
21550Sao Tome and Principe
21551Off Pointe Nore
21552Off Luanda
21553Macapa area
21554Off Callao
21555Off Guayaquil
21556Off Cartagena
21557Off Haiti
21558Off Puerto Dos Bocas
21597North UK
21608Gulf of Mexico
21615Yemen coast
21617Northern East Passage

Endpoints

The blockAreas parameter is applicable in the following APIs:

Notes

  • You can include multiple block area IDs in the blockAreas parameter as a list.
  • If no blockAreas are provided, no areas will be explicitly blocked apart from default restrictions (e.g., ice areas, unless overridden with the allowIceAreas parameter).