Coordinates: 8°20′00″S 123°48′00″E / 8.33333°S 123.80000°E / -8.33333; 123.80000

Alor Strait

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Alor Strait
Selat Alor (Indonesian)
Map showing the Alor Strait
Alor Strait seen from the International Space Station
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Typestrait
Basin countriesIndonesia
ReferencesSelat Alor: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

Alor Strait (also Alloo Strait[1]) divides the Solor Archipelago from the Alor Archipelago, in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia. It lies mainly between the larger islands of Pantar and Lembata. The strait connects the western part of the Banda Sea in the north to the Savu Sea in the south.

Notes

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  1. ^ Goodall, George (Editor)(1943) Philips' International Atlas London, George Philip and Son map 'East Indies' pp.91-92 for pre Independence spelling