Sunda Strait
strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra
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Summary
Sunda Strait is a strait[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,604 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Lampung[3], Banten[4]
- Country: Indonesia[5]
- Part of: Java Sea[6]
- Commons category: Sunda Strait[7]
- Has part(s): Semangka Bay[8]
- Significant event: Battle of Sunda Strait[9], 1883 eruption of Krakatoa[10], 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sunda Strait[12]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15]
- Native label: Selat Sunda[16], Selat Sundha[17]
- Width: 100 km[18]
- Vertical depth: 20 m[19]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20]
- Harvested organism(s): Euthynnus affinis[21]
- P14541: 1qqBY[22]
Why It Matters
Sunda Strait has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 43 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]