Indispensable Strait
Indispensable Strait is a waterway in the Solomon Islands, running about 200 kilometres northwest-southeast from Santa Isabel to Makira, between the Nggela Islands and Guadalcanal to the southwest, and Malaita to the northeast.- Type: Marine channel
- Description: strait in Solomon Islands
- Also known as: “Пролив Индиспенсейбл” and “因迪斯彭萨布尔海峡”
Indispensable Strait
- Categories: strait and body of water
- Location: Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-8.98485° or 8° 59′ 6″ south
Longitude
160.54128° or 160° 32′ 29″ east
Open location code
6V322G8R+3G
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Spanish—“Indispensable Strait” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “İndispenseybl boğazı”
- Catalan: “Indispensable Strait”
- Cebuano: “Indispensable Strait”
- Chinese: “必需号海峡”
- Chinese: “必需號海峽”
- Czech: “Průliv Indispensable”
- Danish: “Indispensable Strait”
- Japanese: “インディスペンサブル海峡”
- Polish: “Cieśnina Indispensable”
- Portuguese: “Estreito Indispensável”
- Russian: “Индиспенсабл”
- Russian: “Индиспенсейбл”
- Spanish: “Estrecho Indispensable”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Suliliu and Ghole.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Alite Reef and Laghale Island.
Solomon Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Guadalcanal and Santa Cruz Islands.
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