Palk Strait

E100717
body of water strait

Palk Strait is a narrow stretch of sea between southeastern India and northern Sri Lanka, known for its shallow waters and significance as a maritime boundary.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Palk Strait canonical 21

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
strait ⓘ
adjacentTo Gulf of Mannar ⓘ
Palk Bay ⓘ
borders Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
characterizedBy sandbanks ⓘ
shallow waters ⓘ
climateZone tropical ⓘ
connectedVia Adam's Bridge ⓘ
connects Bay of Bengal ⓘ
Palk Bay ⓘ
countryOnNorthernSide India ⓘ
countryOnSouthernSide Sri Lanka ⓘ
easternLimitDefinedBy line from Point Calimere to Mannar Island ⓘ
ecologicalIssue habitat degradation ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
governedBy India–Sri Lanka maritime agreements ⓘ
hasFeature Adam's Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Adam's Bridge chain of shoals
hasMaritimeBoundaryBetween India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
hasSedimentType muddy seabed ⓘ
sandy seabed ⓘ
historicallyUsedBy small coastal vessels ⓘ
importantFor India–Sri Lanka fisheries ⓘ
regional navigation ⓘ
knownFor disputed fishing grounds ⓘ
rich marine biodiversity ⓘ
length about 137 kilometers ⓘ
locatedBetween northern Sri Lanka ⓘ
southeastern India ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
maximumDepth about 13 meters ⓘ
namedAfter Robert Palk ⓘ
near Mannar Island ⓘ
Rameswaram ⓘ
notSuitableFor large ocean-going ships ⓘ
partOf Bay of Bengal ⓘ
India–Sri Lanka international boundary ⓘ
region South Asia ⓘ
separates India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
subjectTo monsoonal weather patterns ⓘ
usedFor coastal shipping ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
westernLimitDefinedBy line from Kodiyakkarai to Talaimannar ⓘ
width about 40 to 85 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jaffna → adjacentTo → Palk Strait ⓘ
Rameswaram → locatedNear → Palk Strait ⓘ
Jaffna Lagoon → connectedTo → Palk Strait ⓘ
Nainativu Island (nearby pilgrimage site) → locatedInBodyOfWater → Palk Strait ⓘ
subject surface form: Nainativu Island
Northern Province, Sri Lanka → borderedBy → Palk Strait ⓘ
Ramanathapuram district → bordersWaterBody → Palk Strait ⓘ
Pamban Island → locatedIn → Palk Strait ⓘ
Pamban Island → separates → Palk Strait ⓘ
Gulf of Mannar → connectedTo → Palk Strait ⓘ
Pamban Bridge → locatedIn → Palk Strait ⓘ
Pamban Bridge → crosses → Palk Strait ⓘ
Dhanushkodi Beach → locatedOnCoastOf → Palk Strait ⓘ
Pei Karumbu, Rameswaram → hasNearbyWaterBody → Palk Strait ⓘ
INS Parundu → supportsOperationsIn → Palk Strait ⓘ
Palk Bay system → hydrologicallyConnectedTo → Palk Strait ⓘ
Jaffna Islands → locatedInBodyOfWater → Palk Strait ⓘ
Nainatheevu → locatedIn → Palk Strait ⓘ
Nainatheevu → hasCoastlineOn → Palk Strait ⓘ
Nagadeepa → locatedInBodyOfWater → Palk Strait ⓘ
Kayts Island → surroundedBy → Palk Strait ⓘ
Jaffna Kingdom → hasCoastlineOn → Palk Strait ⓘ