Wetar Strait | |
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![]() Wetar Strait from Black Rock Beach, East Timor, in 2018 | |
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Location | Southeast Asia |
Coordinates | 8°20′00″S 126°30′00″E / 8.33333°S 126.50000°E |
Type | Strait |
Etymology | Wetar Island |
Part of | Banda Sea |
Basin countries | |
Min. width | 42.6 km (26.5 mi) |
References | Wetar Strait: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA |
Wetar Strait (Indonesian: Selat Wetar, Portuguese: Estreito de Wetar, Tetum: Estreitu Wetar) is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the island of Wetar from the eastern part of the island of Timor. The strait is also the eastern portion of a pair of international straits, the other one being Ombai Strait; the two straits combine to link the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.