Palk Strait

Summary

Palk Strait is a strait^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (842 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Palk Strait is in the country of Sri Lanka^[3].
• Palk Strait's image is recorded as AdamsBridge02-NASA.jpg^[4].
• Palk Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[5].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Malvathu River^[6].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Mandekal Aru^[7].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Nay Aru^[8].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Pali Aru^[9].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Pallavarayankaddu Aru^[10].
• Palk Strait's inflows is recorded as Parangi Aru^[11].
• Palk Strait's basin country is recorded as India^[12].
• Palk Strait's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 235679351^[13].
• Palk Strait's GND ID is recorded as 4645525-5^[14].
• Palk Strait's part of is recorded as Indian Ocean^[15].
• Palk Strait's Commons category is recorded as Palk Strait^[16].
• Palk Strait's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 9.8333333333333, 'lon': 79.5}^[17].
• Palk Strait's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/020pzs^[18].
• Palk Strait's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Palk Strait^[19].
• Palk Strait's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0048547^[20].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[21].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa^[23].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[24].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia^[26].
• Palk Strait's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[27].

Body

Geography

Palk Strait is in the country of Sri Lanka^[3]. Its part of is recorded as Indian Ocean^[15].

Designation and Status

Palk Strait's instance of is recorded as strait^[5].

Why It Matters

Palk Strait ranks in the top 3% of strait entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (842 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]