Torres Strait
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Name (Hebrew)
מיצרי טורס
Name (Latin)
Torres Strait
Other forms of name
nne Torres Strait (Qld. and Papua New Guinea)
See Also From tracing topical name
Straits Australia
Straits Papua New Guinea
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q179188
Library of congress:
sh 85136143
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Torres Strait
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Wikipedia description:
The Torres Strait (), also known as Zenadh Kes (pronounced [ˈzen̪ad̪ kes]), is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is 150 km (93 mi) wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the Australian mainland. To the north is the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It was named by Scottish geographer Alexander Dalrymple after the Spanish navigator Luís Vaz de Torres, who sailed through the strait in 1606.
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