Karimata Strait

The Karimata Strait is a wide strait that connects the South China Sea to the Java Sea, separating the Indonesian of to the west and to the east.
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  • Strait
  • Description: strait between Borneo and Sumatra
  • Also known as
    “Caramata Strait”
    “Carimata Strait”
    “Selat Karimata”
  • Neighbors:

Karimata Strait

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Latitude
-2.25° or 2° 15′ south
Longitude
109.25° or 109° 15′ east
Open location code
6P9FQ722+22
Geo­Names ID
1641097
Wiki­data ID
Q848645

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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Karimata Strait” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Seulat Karimata”
  • Arabic: “مضيق كاريماتا”
  • Asturian: “Estrechu de Karimata”
  • Azerbaijani: “Karimata boğazı”
  • Balinese: “Selat Karimata”
  • Bavarian: “Karimata-Stross”
  • Belarusian: “Карымата”
  • Betawi: “Selat Karimata”
  • Bulgarian: “Каримата”
  • Catalan: “estret de Karimata”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Karimata”
  • Cebuano: “Selat Karimata”
  • Chinese: “卡里馬塔海峽”
  • Chinese: “卡里马塔海峡”
  • Croatian: “Karimatski prolaz”
  • Czech: “Karimatský průliv”
  • Danish: “Karimatastrædet”
  • Dutch: “Karimata Straat”
  • Dutch: “Straat Karimata”
  • French: “détroit de Karimata”
  • French: “Détroit de Karimata”
  • Galician: “estreito de Karimata”
  • Galician: “Estreito de Karimata”
  • Galician: “Selat Karimata”
  • German: “Karimata-Strasse”
  • German: “Karimata-Straße”
  • Hebrew: “מצר קארימאטה”
  • Hindi: “कारीमाटा जलसन्धि”
  • Hindi: “कारीमाता जलसन्धि”
  • Iban: “Selat Karimata”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Karimata”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Karimata”
  • Japanese: “カリマタ海峡”
  • Kannada: “ಕರಿಮಾಟಾ ಜಲಸಂಧಿ”
  • Khmer: “ច្រកកាលីម៉ាតា”
  • Korean: “카리마타 해협”
  • Latvian: “Karimatas šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Karimatos sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Каримата”
  • Malay: “Selat Karimata”
  • Malayalam: “കരിമിഡ കടലിടുക്ക്”
  • Marathi: “कारीमाता सामुद्रधुनी”
  • Newari: “कारीमाटा जलसन्धि”
  • Northern Frisian: “Karimata Struat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karimatastredet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karimatasundet”
  • Norwegian: “Karimatastredet”
  • Persian: “تنگه کاریماتا”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Karimata”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Carimata”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Karimata”
  • Russian: “Каримата”
  • Russian: “Пролив Каримата”
  • Slovak: “Karimatský prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “Karimatski preliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Karimata”
  • Swedish: “Selat Karimata”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบการีมาตา”
  • Ukrainian: “Карімата”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata Bo‘g‘ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata Bo’g’ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata Bo`g`ozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata boʻgʻozi”
  • Uzbek: “Karimata Boʻgʻozi”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Karimata”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Karimata”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte Karimata”
  • Wu Chinese: “卡里馬塔海峽”
  • Yue Chinese: “卡里馬塔海峽”

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