Alas Strait

Color infrared view of Rinjani Volcano on Lombok Island, May 1992. Lombok Strait and Bali is on the top, Alas Strait and Sumbawa Island is on the bottom.

Alas Strait separates Lombok and Sumbawa, two islands 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 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.

References

↑ "Pleistocene Sea Level Maps". The Field Museum.

Indonesian seas

Ocean	Indian Ocean Pacific Ocean

Sea	Andaman Sea Arafura Sea Bali Sea Banda Sea Celebes Sea Ceram Sea Flores Sea Halmahera Sea Java Sea Molucca Sea Philippine Sea Savu Sea South China Sea Timor Sea

Strait	Alas Strait Alor Strait Badung Strait Bali Strait Bangka Strait Berhala Strait Dampier Strait Gaspar Strait Karimata Strait Laut Strait Lombok Strait Madura Strait Makassar Strait Malacca Strait Mentawai Strait Ombai Strait Pitt Strait Riau Strait Rupat Strait Sape Strait Selayar Strait Singapore Strait Sumba Strait Sunda Strait Torres Strait Wetar Strait

Gulf	Balikpapan Bay Bintuni Bay Boni Gulf Cenderawasih Bay Jakarta Bay Lampung Gulf Pelabuhanratu Gulf Saleh Bay Semangka Gulf Tolo Bay Tomini Gulf

Coordinates: 8°30′S 116°45′E / 8.500°S 116.750°E / -8.500; 116.750

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Alas Strait

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