Palkstrasse
| Palkstrasse | ||
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| Connects waters | Bay of Bengal (right) | |
| with water | Palk Bay (Palk Bay) | |
| Separates land mass | India ( Tamil Nadu ) (above) | |
| of land mass | Sri Lanka (below) | |
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| Geographical location | 9 ° 50 ′ N , 79 ° 30 ′ E | |
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| Smallest width | 55 km | |
The Palk Strait ( English Palk Strait ) is a strait between 55 and 127 km wide between the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the northern tip of the island state of Sri Lanka . It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast to the southwest lie by her Palkbucht (Palk Bay) . A promontory of Tamil Nadu, the island Pamban that Adam's Bridge (Adam's Bridge or Rama's Bridge) and the Sri Lanka belonging island Mannar separate the Palkbucht from further southwest lie the Gulf of Mannar .
Between the headland running southeast from Tamil Nadu and the island of Pamban, the Pamban Passage , which is only about two kilometers wide and crossed by the Pamban Bridge , offers a passage for smaller ships, for which the railway bridge must be opened. The Adam's Bridge, which consists of a series of small islands and coral reefs, is only passable for small fishing boats at a few passages, so the Palk Bay is considered a bay in the sense of an enclosed sea area that can only be reached via the Palk Strait.
The strait was named after Sir Robert Palk (1717–1798), the British governor of the province of Madras from 1763 to 1767.
In India, a shortening of the sea route around Sri Lanka by the Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project (Setu Canal for short) is discussed in various ways. This involves the construction of a channel channel that is also suitable for ocean-going vessels through the Adams Bridge and deepening in the Palkstrasse and in the Gulf of Mannar.