Tasi Feto

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Tasi Feto (disambiguation) .

The island of Timor and the surrounding waters

Tasi Feto or Tasifeto ( Tetum for Frauenmeer ) is the local name for the sea north of the island of Timor .

The term refers to the northwestern Savu Sea and the Banda Sea belonging Ombai Strait and Wetar Strait . The name describes the calm character of the sea compared to the rough Timor Sea in the south of the island, the Tasi Mane , which is called the sea of men.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geoffrey C. Gunn: Historical Dictionary of East Timor , p. 162.
2. ^ German Society for International Cooperation: East Timor , accessed on August 31, 2014.