Lombok Street

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Lombok Street
Connects waters Indian Ocean
with water Bali Sea
Separates land mass Bali
of land mass Lombok
Data
Geographical location 8 ° 37 ′  S , 115 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 37 ′  S , 115 ° 44 ′  E
Lombok Strait (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Lombok Street
length 60 km
Smallest width 19 km
Greatest depth 1000 m in the north, 300 m in the south

The Lombok Strait is a strait between the Indonesian islands of Bali and Lombok . It connects the Indian Ocean with the Bali Sea .

It is one of the most important sea ​​trade routes for East Asia and internationally .

The so-called Wallace Line runs through the 60 km long strait . There are indications that Homo erectus used rafts to cross the waterway, which is only 19 km wide in the south and 40 km in the north, 800,000 years ago .