Alas Strait

Alas Strait
Selat Alas (Indonesian)
The Alas Strait with Mount Rinjani on Lombok in the background.
Alas Strait Sumbawa island and Alas Strait
Coordinates	8°40′S 116°40′E / 8.667°S 116.667°E / -8.667; 116.667
Type	strait
Basin countries	Indonesia
References	Selat Alas: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

The Alas Strait is a

The strait was bridged by land until about 14,000 years before present when sea level rose to about 75 meters 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, Komodo, Flores, Solor, Adonara, and Lembata.

See also

• Lombok Strait, on the opposite side (west) of Lombok
• Makassar Strait
• Sunda Strait
• Wallacea

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