Karimata Strait
The Karimata Strait is a wide strait that connects the South China Sea to the Java Sea, separating the Indonesian islands of Belitung to the west and Borneo to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait between Borneo and Sumatra
- Also known as: “Caramata Strait”, “Carimata Strait”, and “Selat Karimata”
- Neighbors: Bangka-Belitung
Karimata Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Sumatra, Sumatra, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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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”
- Indonesian: “Selat Karimata”
- Italian: “Stretto di Karimata”
- Japanese: “カリマタ海峡”
- 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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