Ombai Strait | |
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Location | Southeast Asia |
Coordinates | 8°30′00″S 125°00′00″E / 8.50000°S 125.00000°E |
Type | Strait |
Etymology | Alor (Ombai) Island |
Part of | Banda Sea |
Basin countries | |
Min. width | 27 km (17 mi) |
Max. depth | 3,250 m (10,660 ft) |
Settlements | Dili |
References | Ombai Strait: Timor-Leste National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA |
Ombai Strait (Indonesian: Selat Ombai, Portuguese: Estreito de Ombai, Tetum: Estreitu Ombai) is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The strait is also the western portion of a pair of international straits, the other one being Wetar Strait; the two straits combine to link the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean.