Torres Strait

The Torres Strait, also known as Zenadh Kes, is a strait between and the island of . It is 150 km wide at its narrowest extent.
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Torres Strait

Latitude
-10.4167° or 10° 25′ south
Longitude
142.1667° or 142° 10′ east
Open location code
5RX4H5M8+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 305639184
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Wiki­data ID
Q179188
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Torres Strait” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مضيق توريس”
  • Armenian: “Տոռեսի նեղուց”
  • Armenian: “Տորեսի նեղուց”
  • Asturian: “Estrechu de Torres”
  • Azerbaijani: “Torres boğazı”
  • Bashkir: “Торрес боғаҙы”
  • Basque: “Torres itsasartea”
  • Belarusian: “Праліў Торэса”
  • Belarusian: “Торэсава пратока”
  • Bengali: “টরেস প্রণালি”
  • Bengali: “টরেস প্রণালী”
  • Breton: “Strizh-mor Torres”
  • Bulgarian: “Торесов проток”
  • Catalan: “estret de Torres”
  • Catalan: “Estret de Torres”
  • Cebuano: “Torres Strait (estretso sa Papua New Guinea)”
  • Cebuano: “Torres Strait”
  • Chinese: “托列斯海峡”
  • Chinese: “托列斯海峽”
  • Chinese: “托利斯海峽”
  • Chinese: “托勒斯海峽”
  • Chinese: “托雷斯海峡”
  • Croatian: “Torresov prolaz”
  • Czech: “Torresův průliv”
  • Danish: “Torresstrædet”
  • Dutch: “Straat Torres”
  • Dutch: “Torresstraat”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo de Torres”
  • Esperanto: “Markolo Torres”
  • Esperanto: “Toresa Markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Torres-markolo”
  • Esperanto: “Torresa Markolo”
  • Estonian: “Torrese väin”
  • Finnish: “Torresinsalmi”
  • French: “Detroit de Torres”
  • French: “Détroit de Torres”
  • French: “détroit de Torrès”
  • French: “Détroit de Torrès”
  • Galician: “Estreito de Torres”
  • Georgian: “ტორესის სრუტე”
  • German: “Straße von Torres”
  • German: “Torres Strait”
  • German: “Torres-Meerenge”
  • German: “Torres-Passage”
  • German: “Torres-Strait”
  • German: “Torres-Strasse”
  • German: “Torres-Straße”
  • German: “Torresmeerenge”
  • German: “Torrespassage”
  • German: “Torresstrasse”
  • German: “Torresstraße”
  • Greek: “Πορθμός Τόρες”
  • Hebrew: “מצר טורס”
  • Hindi: “टोरेस जलसन्धि”
  • Hungarian: “Torres-szoros”
  • Icelandic: “Torressund”
  • Indonesian: “Selat Torres”
  • Italian: “stretto di Torres”
  • Italian: “Stretto di Torres”
  • Japanese: “トーレス海峡”
  • Japanese: “トレス海峡”
  • Kazakh: “Torres buğazı”
  • Kazakh: “Торрес бұғазы”
  • Kazakh: “توررەس بۇعازى”
  • Kirghiz: “Торрес кысыгы”
  • Korean: “토러스 해협”
  • Korean: “토레스 해협”
  • Kurdish: “Tengava Torres”
  • Kurdish: “تەنگاڤا تۆررەس”
  • Latin: “Fretum Torresianum”
  • Latvian: “Torresa šaurums”
  • Lithuanian: “Toreso sąsiauris”
  • Macedonian: “Торесов Проток”
  • Malay: “Selat Torres”
  • Mingrelian: “ტორესიშ საროტი”
  • Northern Frisian: “Torres Struat”
  • Northern Frisian: “Torres-Struat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres Strait”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torres-stredet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torresstredet”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torressundet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torressundet”
  • Norwegian: “Torresstredet”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech de Torres”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estrech de Tòrres”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estreit de Torres”
  • Persian: “تنگه تورس”
  • Polish: “Cieśnina Torresa”
  • Portuguese: “Estreito de Torres”
  • Romanian: “Strâmtoarea Torres”
  • Russian: “Пролив Торреса”
  • Russian: “Торресов пролив”
  • Scots: “Torres Strait”
  • Serbian: “Toresov prolaz”
  • Serbian: “Торесов мореуз”
  • Serbian: “Торесов пролаз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torresov prolaz”
  • Slovak: “Torresov prieliv”
  • Slovenian: “Torresov preliv”
  • Spanish: “Estrecho de Torres”
  • Swahili: “Mlangobahari wa Torres”
  • Swedish: “Torres Strait”
  • Swedish: “Torres sund”
  • Swiss German: “Torres-Strooss”
  • Tagalog: “Kipot na Torres”
  • Tagalog: “Kipot ng Torres”
  • Tagalog: “Kipot Torres”
  • Tagalog: “Torres Strait”
  • Tamil: “டொரெஸ் நீரிணை”
  • Tamil: “தொரெசு நீரிணை”
  • Thai: “ช่องแคบทอร์เรส”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Torres-Straße”
  • Turkish: “Torres Boğazı”
  • Ukrainian: “Торесова протока”
  • Ukrainian: “Торресова протока”
  • Urdu: “آبنائے ٹورس”
  • Vietnamese: “Eo biển Torres”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estrecho han Torres”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sulang han Torres”
  • Welsh: “Culfor Torres”
  • Western Frisian: “Strjitte fan Torres”
  • Western Panjabi: “آبنائے ٹورس”
  • Wu Chinese: “托雷斯海峡”
  • Yue Chinese: “托勒斯海峽”
  • Yue Chinese: “托雷斯海峽”

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