Karimata Strait - Karimata Strait The Karimata Strait is the wide strait that connects the South China Sea to the Java Sea, between the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia. The strait is about 150 km wide, as measured to the island of Belitung, which is the end of a chain of islands starting with Pulau Bangka off Sumatra's east shore. There is also an eponymous small group of islands in the middle of the strait..
List of straits - List of straits This is a companion article to strait that contains an alphabetical list of straits in the world. Agattu Strait - Aleutians Amchitka Pass - Aleutians Anegada Passage - Virgin Islands and Anguilla Bab-el-Mandeb - connects Red Sea to Indian Ocean Balabac Strait - between Palawan, Philippines and Borneo Bass Strait- between Australia and Tasmania Strait of Belle Isle - between Newfoundland and mainland Canada Bering Strait - between Siberia and Alaska Bohol Strait - between Bohol and Cebu in the Philippines Strait of Bonifacio - between Corsica and Sardinia Bosporus - between Europe and Asia Cabot Strait - between Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island Chatham Strait - between Chichago Island and Admiralty Island, Alaska Clarence Strait - between Prince of Wales Island and mainland Alaska Cook Strait.
Borneo - region of Southeast Asia. Borneo is surrounded by the South China Sea to the west and northwest, the Sulu Sea to the northeast, the Celebes Sea and the Makassar Strait to the east, and the Java Sea and Karimata Strait to the south. It is divided politically into: The Indonesian provinces of East, South, West and Central Kalimantan. The Malaysian regions of Sabah and Sarawak. The independent sultanate of Brunei. To the west of Borneo are the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. To the south is Java. To the northeast are the Philippines.\n.
South China Sea - of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². The minute South China Sea Islands, collectively an archipelago, number in hundreds. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Geography 1.1 Islands 1.2 Non-insular structures 2 Resources 3 Politics 4 External Links Geography The International Hydrographic Bureau defined it as stretching in a southwest to northeast direction, whose southern border is 3 degrees South latitude between South Sumatra and Kalimantan (Karimata Strait), and whose northern border is the Strait of Taiwan from the northern tip of Taiwan to the Fujian coast of mainland China. The Gulf of Thailand covers the western portion of the South China Sea. States with borders on the sea (clockwise from north) include: the People's Republic of China, Republic of China.
Kanmon Strait - Kanmon Strait The Kanmon Strait (関門海峡) is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshu side of the water is Shimonoseki and on the Kyushu side is Moji port, now part of Kitakyushu City. The Kanmon Strait can be traversed in a number of ways, the oldest of which is the ferry. There is also a bridge which carries an expressway. By far the most used method is the Kanmon Tunnel which carries the Shinkansen, trains, cars and even pedestrians..
Korea Strait - Korea Strait Korea Strait is a sea passage between the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan (in South Korea known as the East Sea). To the north it is bounded by the south coast of the Korean peninsula, to the south by the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Honshu. The strait has a depth of about 90 metres and is split by the Tsushima islands. To the east the Korea Strait is often referred to as Tsushima Strait, to the west it was formerly known as Chosen Strait. In another classification, the whole strait is called Tsushima Strait. In this case, the West Channel is called Korea Strait. A branch of the Kuroshio (Japan Current) passes through the strait. It is the warm branch called.
Jacques Cartier Strait - Jacques Cartier Strait The Jacques Cartier Strait (French Détroit de Jacques-Cartier) is a strait in eastern North America. Flowing between Anticosti Island and the Labrador Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, it is one of the two outlets of the Saint Lawrence River into its estuary, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The other is the Honguedo Strait on the south side of Anticosti Island. The Jacques Cartier Strait is approximately 35 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. Jacques Cartier Strait is named for the French explorer Jacques Cartier..
Honguedo Strait - Honguedo Strait The Honguedo Strait (Fr Détroit d'Honguedo) is a strait in eastern North America. Flowing between Anticosti Island and the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec, Canada, it is one of the two outlets of the Saint Lawrence River into its estuary, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. The other is the Jacques Cartier Strait on the north side of Anticosti Island. The Honguedo Strait is approximately 70 kilometres wide at its narrowest point. The origin of the name is uncertain; it may derive from the Mi'kmaq word for "gathering place.".
Hudson Strait - Hudson Strait Hudson Strait is a strait connecting Hudson Bay to the Arctic Ocean, running in an west-east direction. It is bounded on the north by Baffin Island and on the south by the Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, and by Labrador..
George Strait - George Strait George Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country singer from Texas. He began playing music in high school, then in a band, Rambling Country (also Santee), in Hawaii during a stint in the army. After leaving the army in 1975, Strait studied at Southwest Texas State University at San Marcos while playing in a band called Ace in the Hole. Ace in the Hole worked with D Records in the late 1970s, but the band ultimately failed (though they do still play as George Strait's band under the same name). George Strait decided to try a solo career, and signed with MCA Records in 1980(see 1980 in music). "Unwound" was his first single and his first hit, which was followed by 'Down and.
USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) - USS Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) The Badoeng Strait (CVE-116) was a United States Navy Commencement Bay-class escort aircraft carrier. It was named after the Badung Strait, located between Bali and the small island of Nusa Besar, Netherlands East Indies, which was the site of a battle, 19-20 February 1942, between American-Netherlands and Japanese naval forces. San Alberto Bay was renamed Badoeng Strait on 6 November 1943; launched 15 February 1945 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards, Inc, Tacoma, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. T. H. Binford, wife of Captain Binford; commissioned 14 November 1945, Captain R. K. Turner in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet. Badoeng Strait operated out of San Diego until March 1946, when she made a brief cruise to Hawaii. On 20 April 1946 she was placed out of.
Kerch - major religion in Kerch during the period of Khazar rule. Kerch's "Church of St. John the Baptist" was founded in 717 C.E. The "Church of the Apostles" existed during the late 8th century and early 9th century, according to the "Life of the Apostle Andrew" by Epiphanus. Today there is a Ukrainian harbour on the Strait of Kerch with ferry connections to Novorossiysk in Russia. Alternative spellings and names: Karch, Karchev.
Kennewick Man - 9000 years ago. A controversy emerged when an analysis of the bones' features suggested "caucasoid" descent. The history of the colonization of North America by humans, once thought to have occurred via a simple migration across the Bering Strait land bridge during the most recent Ice Age, has increasingly been revealed by archaeological evidence to be much more complex; multiple waves of humans have apparently made the journey, via different means and from different regions. Kennewick Man may be evidence of such a colonization wave. According to the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act, signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, if human remains are found on federal lands and their cultural affiliation can be established, the bones must be returned to the affiliated tribe. The Umatilla.
Kill Van Kull - Kull The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey. The name kill comes from an old Dutch word for "water channel" It connects Upper New York Bay with Newark Bay. Historically it has been one of the most important channels in commerce throughout the region, providing a passage for marine traffic between Manhattan and the industrial towns of New Jersey. It currently provides the principal access for ocean-going container ships to Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, which together are the busiest port facility in the eastern United States and the principal marine terminal for New York Harbor. The strait is spanned by the Bayonne Bridge..
Klallam - in Canada. Three Klallam bands live on the Olympic Peninsula in the far northwest corner (bordering the Strait of Juan de Fuca) of the state and one at Becher Bay on southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Klallam (Lower Elwha) Native American subtribe S'Klallam (Jamestown) Native American subtribe S'Klallam (Port Gamble, aka Little Boston) Native American subtribe Becher Bay Reserve This is a variation of the infamous disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name, or extremely close to being the same. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page. Then again, maybe not..
Krakatoa - is a volcano on the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait. It erupted repeatedly, massively and with disastrous consequences on August 26, 1883. The eruptions occurred at 5:30 am, 6:42 am, 8:20 am and 10:02 am local time. The lattermost was the loudest and most destructive one, and could be heard from locations in Australia 2200 miles away, and even from 3000 miles away, on the island of Rodrigues near Mauritius. They were the most severe volcanic explosions on Earth in modern times (VEI of 6, equivalent to 200 megatons of TNT). Sound waves from the explosions travelled seven times around the world. The sky was darkened for days afterwards. The island of Rakata itself largely ceased to exist, and its surrounding ocean floor was drastically altered. Two nearby.
Ven - or Hven, is a small Swedish island in the Öresund strait, between Sweden and Denmark. The island was historically under Danish rule, but it fell to Swedish hands after the Treaty of Roskilde in 1658, as a part of Scania. Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) built here two observatories, Uraniborg and Stjerneborg. See also: Islands of Sweden.
Kusanagi - so, he discovered that the sword enabled him to control the wind around to make it move in the direction he swung. Taking advantage of the magic, Yamato-Dake used his other gift, fire strikers, to enlarge the fire in the direction of the lord and his men and used the winds controlled by the sword to sweep the blaze toward them to kill them. In triumph, Yamato-Dake renamed Murakakumo-No-Tsurugi as Kusanagi (Grasscutter) to commemorate his narrow escape and victory. Eventually, Yamato-Dake married and fell in battle with a monster after ignoring his wife's advice to take Kusanagi with him. Eventually, the sword came into the possession of the emperor until the Battle of Dannoura, a naval battle that ended in the defeat of the forces of the child Emperor, Antoku at.
James Soong - PFP chairman, the KMT and PFP have pledged to cooperate in future elections to prevent splitting the vote, as they basically share the same electorate. The KMT-PFP alliance (which is also known as the pan-blue coalition has been rocky, but has been marginally successful thus far. Though losses in the 2001 legislative elections made the DPP the largest single party in the Legislative Yuan, the pan-blue coalition holds a narrow majority over the pan-green coalition. Some believe that the PFP's lack of experienced candidates in the December 2002 mayoral elections in Taipei and Kaohsiung (the PFP supported the KMT's candidates), and the PFP's poor performance the city council elections in those cities at the same time were major setbacks to Soong's chances of being the KMT-PFP candidate for president. In April.
Jacob Le Maire - born in Antwerp, circumnavigated the earth in 1615 to 1616. He discovered the strait between Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island..
