Wetar Strait
Wetar Strait is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the island of Wetar from the eastern part of the island of Timor. The strait is also the eastern portion of a pair of international straits, the other one being Ombai Strait; the two straits combine to link the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.- Strait
- Description: strait in Southeast Asia
- Also known as“Estreito de Wetter”“Selat Wetar”“Wetar Passage”“Wetta Passage”
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Latitude
-8.16667° or 8° 10′ south
Longitude
126.41667° or 126° 25′ east
Open location code
6Q38RCM8+8M
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Wetar Strait” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مضيق ويتار”
- Bengali: “ওয়েটার প্রণালী”
- Cebuano: “Selat Wetar”
- Chinese: “威塔海峡”
- Chinese: “威塔海峽”
- Czech: “Wetarský průliv”
- Dutch: “Straat van Wetar”
- Dutch: “Straat Wetar”
- French: “Détroit de Wetar”
- Georgian: “ვეტარის სრუტე”
- German: “Meerenge von Wetar”
- German: “Strasse von Wetar”
- German: “Straße von Wetar”
- Iloko: “Lingsat Wetar”
- Indonesian: “Selat Wetar”
- Italian: “Stretto di Wetar”
- Japanese: “ウェタル海峡”
- Korean: “웨타르 해협”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wetarstredet”
- Persian: “تنگه وتار”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Wetar”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Wetar”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Wetar”
- Swedish: “Selat Wetar”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Wetar”
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