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Lombok Strait

The Lombok Strait is a strait connecting the Java Sea[?] to the Indian Ocean, located between the islands of Bali and Lombok.

Its narrowest point is at its southern opening, with a width of only 18 km, but at the northern opening it is 40 km across. Total length is about 60 km.

The Lombok Strait is notable as one of the main passages for the Indonesian throughflow[?] that exchanges water between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

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