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Palk Strait

strait between India and Sri Lanka
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Palk Strait
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Summary

Palk Strait is a strait[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Sri Lanka[2]
  • Named after: Robert Palk[3]
  • Inflows: Malvathu River[4], Mandekal Aru[5], Nay Aru[6], Pali Aru[7], Pallavarayankaddu Aru[8], Parangi Aru[9]
  • Basin country: India[10]
  • Part of: Indian Ocean[11]
  • Coordinate location: 9.8333333333333, 79.5[12]
  • Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Pauly–Wissowa[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[18], Otto's encyclopedia[19]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]

Related Entities

India Sri Lanka

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · הנדב הנכון · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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