China Strait
Location of the China Strait
Location of the China Strait
China Strait
LocationPapua New Guinea
Coordinates10°35′00″S 150°41′00″E / 10.58333°S 150.68333°E / -10.58333; 150.68333
Typestrait
The China Strait as shown on a nautical chart from 1888

The China Strait is a navigable strait in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea between mainland New Guinea and Samarai Island.[1][2][3] The strait, 4 nautical miles (7 km) in length and .75 nautical miles (1 km) wide, connects the Solomon Sea with the Coral Sea[citation needed].

References

  1. ^ "China Strait". Geonames. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  2. ^ Murray, Hubert (1912). Papua : or, British New Guinea. London: T. Fisher Unwin. p. 39.
  3. ^ Lyne, Charles (1885). New Guinea. An account of the establishment of the British protectorate over the southern shores of New Guinea. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington. p. 192.

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