Alas Strait
The Alas Strait is a strait that separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two islands of Indonesia in West Nusa Tenggara province. The strait was bridged by land until about 14,000 years before present when sea level rose to about 75 meters below present sea level…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: strait between Lombok amd Sumbawa, Indonesia
- Also known as: “Allas Strait” and “Selat Alas”
Alas Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Alas Strait” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալաս”
- Azerbaijani: “Alas boğazı”
- Cebuano: “Selat Alas”
- Chinese: “阿拉斯海峡”
- Chinese: “阿拉斯海峽”
- Dutch: “Straat Alas”
- French: “détroit d’Alas”
- French: “Détroit d’Alas”
- German: “Alas-Straße”
- Hebrew: “מצר אלאס”
- Iloko: “Lingsat Alas”
- Indonesian: “Selat Alas”
- Italian: “Stretto di Alas”
- Javanese: “Selat Alas”
- Korean: “알라스 해협”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alassundet”
- Persian: “تنگه آلاس”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Alas”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Alas”
- Russian: “Алас”
- Swedish: “Selat Alas”
- Vietnamese: “Eo biển Alas”
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