Ombai Strait

Ombai Strait
Ombai Strait from Ai Pelo, East Timor, in 2018
Ombai Strait is located in East Timor
Ombai Strait
Ombai Strait
LocationSoutheast Asia
Coordinates8°30′00″S 125°00′00″E / 8.50000°S 125.00000°E / -8.50000; 125.00000
TypeStrait
EtymologyAlor (Ombai) Island
Part ofBanda Sea
Basin countries
Min. width27 km (17 mi)
Max. depth3,250 m (10,660 ft)
SettlementsDili
ReferencesOmbai 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.