Balabac Strait

The Balabac Strait is one of the straits that connects the South China Sea with the Sulu Sea. It separates , , from and the north of that are a part of 's state.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait between Borneo and Palawan
  • Also known as: “Balabak Strait” and “Straat Balabak”

Balabac Strait

Latitude
7.59752° or 7° 35′ 51″ north
Longitude
116.96638° or 116° 57′ 59″ east
Open location code
6PVRHXX8+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10840018495
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
1728670
Wiki­data ID
Q510201
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Waray—“Balabac Strait” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Балабак (проток)”
  • Bulgarian: “Балабак”
  • Catalan: “estret de Balabac”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Balabac”
  • Cebuano: “Balabac Strait”
  • Chinese: “巴拉巴克海峡”
  • Chinese: “巴拉巴克海峽”
  • Czech: “Balabacký průliv”
  • Danish: “Balabacstrædet”
  • Dutch: “Straat Balabac”
  • Estonian: “Balabaci väin”
  • French: “détroit de Balabac”
  • French: “Détroit de Balabac”
  • German: “Balabacstraße”
  • Iloko: “Lingsat Balabac”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Balabac”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Balabac”
  • Japanese: “バラバク海峡”
  • Latvian: “Balabakas šaurums”
  • Malay: “Selat Balabac”
  • Malay: “Selat Balabak”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Balabac-stredet”
  • Norwegian: “Balabac-stredet”
  • Persian: “تنگه بالاباک”
  • Polish: “Balabac (cieśnina)”
  • Polish: “Balabac”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Balabac”
  • Russian: “Балабакский пролив”
  • Slovak: “Balabacký prieliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Balabac”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Balábac”
  • Tagalog: “Kipot ng Balabac”
  • Tamil: “பாலாபாக் நீரிணை”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estrecho han Balabac”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Suláng han Balabac”

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