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Alor_Strait Latitude and Longitude:

8°20′00″S 123°48′00″E / 8.33333°S 123.80000°E / -8.33333; 123.80000
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Alor Strait
Selat Alor ( Indonesian)
Map showing the Alor Strait
Alor Strait (top right)
Alor Strait is located in Lesser Sunda Islands
Alor Strait
Alor Strait
Coordinates 8°20′00″S 123°48′00″E / 8.33333°S 123.80000°E / -8.33333; 123.80000
Type strait
Basin countries Indonesia
References Selat 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

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