Mentawai Strait
Mentawai Strait separates the island of Sumatra from the small archipelago of the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia. Its waters belong to the Indian Ocean and both banks are part of the province of West Sumatra.- Type: Strait
- Description: strait in Indonesia
- Also known as: “Selat Mentawai”
Mentawai Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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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”
- French: “Mentawai”
- Hebrew: “מצר מנטאוואי”
- Iloko: “Lingsat Mentawai”
- Indonesian: “Mentawai”
- Indonesian: “Selat Mentawai”
- Italian: “Stretto delle Mentawai”
- Japanese: “ムンタワイ海峡”
- Japanese: “メンタウィ海峡”
- Lithuanian: “Mentavajaus sąsiauris”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Mentawai”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Mentawai”
- Slovak: “Mentavajský prieliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Mentawai”
- Swedish: “Selat Mentawai”
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