Mentawai Strait

Mentawai Strait separates the island of from the small archipelago of the Mentawai Islands, . Its waters belong to the Indian Ocean and both banks are part of the province of .
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in Indonesia
  • Also known as: “メンタウィ海峡”

Mentawai Strait

Latitude
-1.75° or 1° 45′ south
Longitude
100° east
Open location code
6PC27222+22
Geo­Names ID
1635486
Wiki­data ID
Q2077560
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Mentawai Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق مينتاواي”
  • Asturian: “Estrechu de Mentawai”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Mentawai”
  • Cebuano: “Selat Mentawai”
  • Chinese: “明打威海峡”
  • Chinese: “明打威海峽”
  • Dutch: “Straat Mentawai”
  • Esperanto: “Mentavaja Markolo”
  • French: “détroit de Mentawai”
  • French: “Détroit de Mentawaï”
  • Hebrew: “מצר מנטאוואי”
  • Iloko: “Lingsat Mentawai”
  • Indonesian: “Mentawai”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Mentawai”
  • Italian: “Stretto delle Mentawai”
  • Japanese: “ムンタワイ海峡”
  • Lithuanian: “Mentavajaus sąsiauris”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Mentawai”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Mentawai”
  • Slovak: “Mentavajský prieliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Mentawai”
  • Swedish: “Selat Mentawai”

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