Wetar Strait

Wetar Strait
The Berlin Nakroma in front of Atauro Island
Connects waters	Banda Lake
with water	Timor Sea
Separates land mass	Wetar
of land mass	Timor
Data
Geographical location	8 ° 10 ′  S , 126 ° 10 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 10 ′  S , 126 ° 10 ′  E
Smallest width	36 km
Coast in front of the city of Dili

The Wetar Strait is a strait in the Malay Archipelago . It separates the island of Wetar in the north from the island of Timor in the south. To the west is the island of Atauro , behind it the Strait of Ombai . In the northwest lies the Banda Sea . To the east, beyond the island of Kisar , lies the Timor Sea . At its narrowest point, the road is 36 km wide.

Just five kilometers from the north coast of Timor, the seabed drops to a depth of 1,000 m. During the Cold War , American nuclear submarines were therefore able to pass undetected on the streets of Ombai and Wetar.