Vitiaz Strait
The Vitiaz Strait is a strait between New Britain and the Huon Peninsula, northern New Guinea. The Vitiaz Strait was so named by Nicholai Nicholaievich Mikluho-Maklai to commemorate the Russian corvette Vitiaz in which he sailed from October 1870 by way of South America and the Pacific Islands reaching Astrolabe Bay in September 1871.
NASA, Public domain.- Strait
- Description: strait in Papua New Guinea
- Category: body of water
- Location
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Latitude
-5.54927° or 5° 32′ 57″ south
Longitude
146.9297° or 146° 55′ 47″ east
Open location code
6R68FW2H+7V
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Vitiaz Strait” goes by many names.
Estrechu VitiazAsturian
Vityaz boğazıAzerbaijani
ВіцязьBelarusian
Віцязь (праліў)Belarusian
ВитязBulgarian
Vitiaz StraitCatalan
Vitiaz StraitCebuano
勇士号海峡Chinese
Vitiazova úžinaCzech
Straat van VitiazDutch
VitiazinsalmiFinnish
Estreito de VitiazGalician
מצר ויטיאזHebrew
Selat VitiazIndonesian
Stretto di VitiazItalian
ヴィティアス海峡Japanese
Vitiazio sąsiaurisLithuanian
Cieśnina WitiazPolish
Vitiaz StraitPolish
ВитязьRussian
Mlangobahari wa VitiazSwahili
Eo biển VitiazVietnamese
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