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The Palk Strait (Tamil: பாக்கு நீரிணை Pākku Nīriṇai, Sinhala: පෝක් සමුද්ර සන්ධිය Pok Samudra Sandhiya) is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka.
Scapa Flow – Scotland: between several of the Orkney islands; Sele Strait (a.k.a. Galowa Strait, Revenges Strait) – between Salawati and New Guinea; Serpent's Mouth (Boca de la Serpiente) – between Trinidad and Venezuela; Shelikof Strait – between the Alaska mainland to the west and Kodiak and Afognak islands to the east, in the USA
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Neduntheevu or Nedunthivu (Tamil: நெடுந்தீவு, romanized: Neṭuntīvu; Sinhala: ඩෙල්ෆ්ට්, romanized: Ḍelfṭ) (also known by its Dutch name Delft) is an island in the Palk Strait, northern Sri Lanka. This island is named as Delft in the Admiralty Chart unlike the other islands, whose names are Tamil. The ...
Pamban Island is situated between 9°11' N and 9°19' N latitude and 79°12' E to 79°23' E longitudes. The chain formed by Pamban Island, the shoals of Adam's Bridge, and Mannar Island of Sri Lanka separate Palk Bay and the Palk Strait in the northeast from the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest.
The launch of a ferry service between Nagapattinam and Kankesanthurai is an important milestone in strengthening our relations.” [9] After being suspended for several months due to the Northeast monsoon and unspecified "technical difficulties", the ferry service resumed on 16 August 2024.
The drainage basin of the Ambuliyar is located roughly between the lines of longitude of 79° 0′ E and 79° 10′ E, and the lines of latitude of 10° 10′ N and 10° 20′ N, and covers 702.58 square kilometres (271.27 sq mi) of land in the Pudukkottai and Thanjavur districts of Tamil Nadu.
The Palk Strait Bridge and Tunnel is a proposed 23-kilometre (14 mi) road and rail bridge and tunnel over the Palk Strait between Dhanushkodi in Tamil Nadu (a state in Southern India) and Talaimannar on Mannar Island, an island off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. During the 2002-2004 Peace Accord, the then Prime Minister, Ranil ...