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Alas Strait
Alas Strait separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two is-
lands of Indonesia in West Nusa Tenggara province.
The strait was bridged by land until about 14,000
years before present when sea level rose to about 75 me-
ters below present sea level, [1] unlike Lombok Strait and
Alor Strait which continued to be water gaps even during
the Last Glacial Maximum, at each end of a 400-mile-long
island including present-day Lombok, Sumbawa, Komo-
do, Flores, Solor, Adonara, and Lembata.
See also
• Lombok Strait, on the opposite side (west) of Lombok
• Sunda Strait
• Makassar Strait
• Wallacea
References
Color infrared view of Rinjani Volcano on Lombok Island, May
1992. Lombok Strait and Bali is on the top, Alas Strait and Sum- [1] http://www.fieldmuseum.org/explore/
bawa Island is on the bottom. pleistocene-sea-level-maps
Coordinates: 8°30′S 116°45′E / 8.5°S 116.75°E / -8.5; 116.75
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Categories:
• Straits of Indonesia
• Straits of the Indian Ocean
• West Nusa Tenggara
• Lombok
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