Vitiaz Street
| Vitiaz Street | ||
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| Connects waters | Bismarck lake | |
| with water | Solomon Lake | |
| Separates land mass | New Guinea | |
| of land mass | Long Island , Umboi | |
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| Geographical location | 5 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ S , 147 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Greatest depth | 1200 m | |
The Vitiaz Strait (English: Vitiaz Strait ) is a strait between the volcanic island of Long Island and New Guinea .
Long Island was discovered by Abel Tasman in 1643 . But he thought Long Island was part of the main island of New Guinea and did not use Vitiaz Strait . The name Vitiaz Street is reminiscent of the Russian corvette Vitjas , which passed the strait in 1872.