Dampier Strait

Dampier Strait in separates and , linking the to the north with the deeper Solomon Sea to the south.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: strait in Papua New Guinea
  • Also known as: “Dampier Strasse”

Dampier Strait

Latitude
-5.59857° or 5° 35′ 55″ south
Longitude
148.20158° or 148° 12′ 6″ east
Open location code
6R6CC622+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3609861444
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2098384
Wiki­data ID
Q922907
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Dampier Strait” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դամպիր”
  • Asturian: “Estrechu de Dampier”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dampir boğazı”
  • Cebuano: “Dampier Strait”
  • Chinese: “丹皮爾海峽”
  • Czech: “Dampierova úžina”
  • Dutch: “Straat van Dampier”
  • French: “détroit de Dampier”
  • French: “Détroit de Dampier”
  • German: “Dampier-Straße”
  • German: “Dampierstraße”
  • Hebrew: “מצר דמפייר”
  • Hebrew: “מצר דמפיר”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Dampier”
  • Japanese: “ダンピール海峡”
  • Japanese: “ダンピア海峡”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Dampiera”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Dampier”
  • Russian: “Дампир (Папуа - Новая Гвинея)”
  • Russian: “Дампир”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Dampier”
  • Swedish: “Dampiersundet”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Dampier”

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