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Pages in category "Straits of Asia" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bab Iskender;
This list of straits is an appendix to the article strait. For "Strait of.." ... Asia and North America ... New Zealand, between the South ...
Category: Straits of Asia by country. 8 languages. ... Straits of South Korea (5 P) Straits of Sri Lanka (1 C, 1 P) T. Straits of Taiwan (1 C, 4 P) Straits of ...
The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer (110 mi; 97 nmi)-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent.The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.
Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: U.S., Japanese, Regional, and Industry Strategies (National Bureau of Asian Research, November 2010) BBC News report on the increased security in the Straits "Going for the jugular" Report on the potential terrorist threat to the Straits. From the Economist, requires subscription, in the print edition June ...
By the terms of the London Straits Convention, concluded on 13 July 1841 between the Great Powers of Europe (Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Austria and Prussia), the "ancient rule" of the Ottoman Empire was re-established by closing the Turkish Straits to all warships, barring those of the Sultan's allies during wartime.
Historians also used the term in plural, "Singapore Straits", to refer to three or four different straits found in recorded in old texts and maps – the Old Strait of Singapore between Sentosa and Telok Blangah, the New Strait of Singapore southwest of Sentosa, the "Governor's Strait" or "Strait of John de Silva" which corresponds to Phillip ...
Category: Straits of Southeast Asia. ... Straits of East Timor (2 P) I. Straits of Indonesia (4 C, 27 P) M. Straits of Malaysia (1 C, 5 P) S. Straits of Singapore (1 ...