Palk Strait
Palk Strait is a strait between the Pamban Island in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Mannar Island in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It links the Bay of Bengal to the Laccadive Sea.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- Type: Strait
- Description: strait between India and Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Argalikos kolpos”, “Detroit de Palk”, “Palk Bay”, “Palk’s Strait”, “Palkbucht”, “průliv Palk”, “Straat van Palk”, “Полк”, “خلیج عقبه”, “पाल्कची समुद्रधुनी”, “பாக் சலசந்தி”, “பாக் நீரிணை”, “பாக் ஜலசந்தி”, “பாக்குநீரிணை”, and “പാക്ക് കടലിടുക്ക്”
Palk Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Mannar District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.96344° or 9° 57′ 48″ north
Longitude
79.68761° or 79° 41′ 15″ east
Open location code
6JXXXM7Q+92
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Palk Strait” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق بالك”
- Armenian: “Պոլկի նեղուց”
- Azerbaijani: “Polk boğazı”
- Bashkir: “Полк боғаҙы”
- Basque: “Palk itsasartea”
- Basque: “Palkeko itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Полкаўская пратока”
- Belarusian: “Полкскі праліў”
- Bengali: “পক প্রণালি”
- Bengali: “পক প্রণালী”
- Bhojpuri: “पाक जलजोड़”
- Breton: “Strizh-mor Palk”
- Bulgarian: “Полкски проток”
- Catalan: “estret de Palk”
- Catalan: “Estret de Palk”
- Cebuano: “Palk Strait”
- Central Kurdish: “دەربەندی پالک”
- Chinese: “保克海峡”
- Chinese: “保克海峽”
- Croatian: “Palkov prolaz”
- Czech: “Palkův průliv”
- Danish: “Palkstrædet”
- Dutch: “Straat Palk”
- Esperanto: “Palka Markolo”
- Estonian: “Palki väin”
- Finnish: “Palkinsalmi”
- French: “détroit de Palk”
- French: “Détroit de Palk”
- Galician: “Estreito de Palk”
- Georgian: “პოლკის სრუტე”
- German: “Palkstrasse”
- German: “Palkstraße”
- Greek: “Πορθμός του Παλκ”
- Hebrew: “מצר פלק”
- Hindi: “पाक जलडमरूमध्य”
- Hindi: “पाक जलसंधि”
- Hungarian: “Palk-szoros”
- Ido: “Palk”
- Indonesian: “Selat Palk”
- Italian: “Stretto di Palk”
- Japanese: “ポーク海峡”
- Korean: “포크 해협”
- Lao: “ຊ່ອງແຄບປອນຄ໌”
- Latin: “Fretum Palk”
- Latvian: “Polka šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Palko sąsiauris”
- Malayalam: “പാക് കടലിടുക്ക്”
- Marathi: “पाल्क सामुद्रधुनी”
- Marathi: “पाल्कची सामुद्रधुनी”
- Mingrelian: “პოლკიშ საროტი”
- Nepali: “पाल्क जलसन्धि”
- Newari: “पाक जलसन्धि”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Palkstredet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Palksundet”
- Norwegian: “Palkstredet”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech de Palk”
- Oriya: “ପକ୍ ପ୍ରଣାଳୀ”
- Persian: “تنگه پالک”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Palk”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Palk”
- Russian: “Полкский пролив”
- Serbian: “Palkov moreuz”
- Sinhala: “පෝක් සමුද්ර සන්ධිය”
- Slovak: “Palcký prieliv”
- Slovenian: “Palkov preliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Palk”
- Swahili: “Mlangobahari wa Palk”
- Swedish: “Palksundet”
- Tamil: “பாக்கு நீரிணை”
- Telugu: “పాక్ జలసంధి”
- Turkish: “Palk Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Полкська протока”
- Urdu: “آبنائے پالک”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Palk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Estrecho han Palk”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulang han Palk”
- Western Frisian: “Palk Strjitte”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Palk”
- Western Panjabi: “آبنائے پالک”
- Wu Chinese: “保克海峡”
- Yue Chinese: “保克海峽”
- “पाक जलजोड़”
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