[[Picha:Gulf_of_Taranto_map.png|right|thumb| Ramani inayoonyesha eneo la Mlangobahari wa Otranto. ]]
'''Mlangobahari wa Otranto''' (ing.kwa [[Kiingereza]]: ''Strait ya Otranto'') unaunganisha [[Adria]] na [[Bahari ya Ionia]]. InatenganishaUnatenganisha [[Italia]] na [[Albania]]. [[Upana]] wake karibu na [[Salento]] ni chini ya [[kilomita]] 72. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=OFwkVgQNHlsC&pg=PA93|title=Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea: Past, Present and Future|last=Cushman-Roisin|first=Benoit|last2=Gacic|first2=Miroslav|last3=Poulain|first3=Pierre-Marie|last4=Artegiani|first4=Antonio|publisher=Springer Netherlands|year=2001|isbn=978-1-4020-0225-0|page=93}}</ref> [[Jina]] latokanalinatokana na [[mji]] wa [[Italia]] wa [[Otranto]].
Wakati wa [[Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia]], mlango huu huo ulikuwa na umuhimu wa kimkakati. [[Wanamaji]] wa ushirikiano wa [[Italia]], [[Ufaransa]], na [[Uingereza]] walizuia [[manowari]] za [[Austria-Hungaria]] kutoka kwenye Adria na kuingia [[Bahari ya Mediteranea]] .
