Johore Strait, northern arm of the Singapore Strait, 30 miles (50 km) long and 3 4 –3 miles wide, between the Republic of Singapore and the region of Johor at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It is crossed by a rail and road causeway linking Johor Baharu, Malaysia, with Woodlands, ...

Hussein Onn, (born Feb. 12, 1922, Johore Bharu, Malaya—died May 28, 1990, Daly City, Calif., U.S.) was a Malaysian politician and prime minister (1976–81) of...

Alauddin (died c. 1564, probably Aceh, Sumatra [now in Indonesia]) was the sultan of the Malay kingdom of Johor (Johore) from 1528. He is sometimes...

Singapore Strait, channel extending for 65 miles (105 km) between the Strait of Malacca (west) and the South China Sea (east). The strait is 10...

Tañon Strait, strait separating the islands of Cebu (east) and Negros (west) in the Philippines. The strait, which is about 100 miles (160 km) long,...

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Strait of Dover, narrow water passage separating England (northwest) from France (southeast) and connecting the English Channel (southwest) with the North Sea (northeast). The strait...

The Sound, strait between Zealand (Sjælland), Denmark, and Skåne, Sweden, connecting the Kattegat strait (northwest) and the Baltic Sea (south). The Sound is one of...

Strait of Messina, channel in the Mediterranean Sea separating Sicily (west) and Italy (east) and linking the Tyrrhenian and Ionian seas. The strait is 20...

Fukuoka, ken (prefecture), northern Kyushu, Japan. Fukuoka faces the Tsushima Strait (Eastern Channel) to the west, the Inland Sea to the northwest, the Shimonoseki Strait...

The Tyrrhenian Basin of the western Mediterranean has two exits into the eastern Mediterranean: the Strait of Sicily and the Strait of Messina, both of...

Torres Strait Islands, island group in the Torres Strait, north of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia, and south of the island of New Guinea. The...

Torres Strait Islander peoples, one of Australia’s two distinct Indigenous cultural groups, the other being the Aboriginal peoples. Torres Strait Islander persons are individuals who...

La Perouse Strait, international waterway between the islands of Sakhalin (Russia) and Hokkaido (Japan). The strait, named after the French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, Count...

Cook Strait, strait separating the North and South islands of New Zealand, extending northwest to southeast from the Tasman Sea to the south Pacific Ocean....

Strait of Belle Isle, northern entrance from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, eastern Canada. The strait, 90 mi (145 km) long,...

Tsugaru Strait, strait of the northwest Pacific extending east from the Sea of Japan to the open ocean between the Japanese islands of Honshu (south)...

Bering Strait, strait linking the Arctic Ocean with the Bering Sea and separating the continents of Asia and North America at their closest point. The...

Montreux Convention, (1936) agreement concerning the Dardanelles strait, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus strait. In response to Turkey’s request to refortify the area,...

Kattegat, strait forming part of the connection between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea. The strait trends north-south between the Jutland (Jylland) peninsula and...

Bab el-Mandeb Strait, strait between Arabia (northeast) and Africa (southwest) that connects the Red Sea (northwest) with the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean...

Davis Strait, bay of the northern Atlantic Ocean, lying between southeastern Baffin Island (Canada) and southwestern Greenland. The strait separates the depths of Baffin Bay...

Luzon Strait, strait extending for more than 200 miles (320 km) between the islands of Taiwan (north) and Luzon, Philippines (south). It connects the South...

Qeqertarsuaq, island in Davis Strait off western Greenland, northwest of Qeqertarsuup (Disko) Bay and southwest of Vaigat Strait. It is 80 miles (130 km) long...