Makassar Strait
Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it connects to the Java Sea.- Sea
- …was formerly known as “Straits of Makassar”
- Description: strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Also known as“Selat Ujungpandang”“Straat Makasser”“Strait of Macassar”
Makassar Strait
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Latitude
-1.29627° or 1° 17′ 47″ south
Longitude
118.28979° or 118° 17′ 23″ east
Open location code
6PCWP73Q+FW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Makassar Strait” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Straat van Makassar”
- Arabic: “مضيق ماكاسار”
- Armenian: “Մակասարի նեղուց”
- Asturian: “Estrechu de Macasar”
- Azerbaijani: “Makassar boğazı”
- Banjar: “Selat Makassar”
- Basque: “Makassar itsasartea”
- Belarusian: “Макасарскі праліў”
- Bosnian: “Makasarski prolaz”
- Bulgarian: “Макасарски проток”
- Catalan: “estret de Macassar”
- Catalan: “Estret de Macassar”
- Catalan: “Estret de Makasar”
- Catalan: “Estret de Makassar”
- Cebuano: “Makassar Strait (estretso sa Indonesia)”
- Cebuano: “Makassar Strait”
- Central Bikol: “Itiot nin Makassar”
- Chinese: “望加錫海峽”
- Chinese: “望加锡海峡”
- Chinese: “馬加撒海峽”
- Croatian: “Makasarski prolaz”
- Czech: “Makasarský průliv”
- Czech: “Makassarský průliv”
- Danish: “Makassarstrædet”
- Dutch: “Straat Makassar”
- Dutch: “Straat van Makassar”
- Estonian: “Makassari väin”
- Finnish: “Makassarinsalmi”
- French: “detroit de Macassar”
- French: “détroit de Macassar”
- French: “Détroit de Macassar”
- French: “detroit de Makassar”
- French: “détroit de Makassar”
- Galician: “Estreito de Macasar”
- Georgian: “მაკასარი”
- German: “Makassar-Straße”
- German: “Makassarstrasse”
- German: “Makassarstraße”
- German: “Strasse von Makassar”
- German: “Straße von Makassar”
- Greek: “Πορθμός του Μακασάρ”
- Hebrew: “מצר מקאסאר”
- Icelandic: “Makassarsund”
- Iloko: “Lingsat Makassar”
- Indonesian: “Selat Makasar”
- Indonesian: “Selat Makassar”
- Irish: “An Caolas Macasarach”
- Italian: “Stretto di Makasar”
- Italian: “Stretto di Makassar”
- Japanese: “マカッサル海峡”
- Javanese: “Selat Makassar”
- Kazakh: “Макасар бұғазы”
- Korean: “마카사르 해협”
- Latvian: “Makasaras šaurums”
- Lithuanian: “Makasaro sąsiauris”
- Macedonian: “Макасарски Проток”
- Malay: “Selat Makasar”
- Malayalam: “മകസ്സാർ കടലിടുക്ക്”
- Minangkabau: “Selat Makassar”
- Northern Frisian: “Struat faan Makassar”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Makassarstredet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Makassarsundet”
- Norwegian: “Makassarstredet”
- Persian: “تنگه ماکاسار”
- Persian: “خلیج عقبه”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Makasarska”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Macáçar”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Makassar”
- Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Makassar”
- Russian: “Макасарский пролив”
- Russian: “Макассарский пролив”
- Serbian: “Makasarski prolaz”
- Serbian: “Макасарски мореуз”
- Serbian: “Макасарски пролаз”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Makassarski prolaz”
- Slovak: “Makasarský prieliv”
- Slovenian: “Makasarski preliv”
- Slovenian: “Makassarski preliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Macasar”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Makasar”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Makassar”
- Swedish: “Makassarsundet”
- Tagalog: “Kipot ng Makassar”
- Tamil: “மாக்காசார் நீரிணை”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบมากัซซาร์”
- Turkish: “Makassar Boğazı”
- Ukrainian: “Макасарська протока”
- Uzbek: “Makasar boʻgʻozi”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Makassar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Estrecho han Makassar”
- Waray (Philippines): “Sulang han Makassar”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Makassar”
- Western Frisian: “Strjitte Makassar”
- Wu Chinese: “望加錫海峽”
- Yue Chinese: “望加錫海峽”
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