Strait of Malacca

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international waterway sea lane strait

The Strait of Malacca is a narrow, strategically vital waterway between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra that serves as one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Strait of Malacca canonical 65
Straits of Malacca 35
Malacca Strait 12

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf international waterway ⓘ
sea lane ⓘ
strait ⓘ
borderedBy Indonesia ⓘ
Malaysia ⓘ
Thailand ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
connects Andaman Sea ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
South China Sea ⓘ
facesIssue environmental pollution ⓘ
maritime piracy ⓘ
risk of oil spills ⓘ
shipping congestion ⓘ
hasAlternativeRoute Lombok Strait ⓘ
Makassar Strait ⓘ
Sunda Strait ⓘ
hasAverageDepth about 25 meters ⓘ
hasHazard heavy maritime traffic ⓘ
shallow waters in some areas ⓘ
hasLength about 930 kilometers ⓘ
hasMajorPort Belawan Port ⓘ
Port Klang ⓘ
Penang ⓘ
surface form: Port of Penang

Port of Tanjung Pelepas ⓘ
hasMaximumDepth about 200 meters ⓘ
hasMinimumWidth about 2.8 kilometers at its narrowest point ⓘ
importantFor Association of Southeast Asian Nations ⓘ
isChokepointFor maritime traffic between Middle East and East Asia ⓘ
oil shipments to China ⓘ
oil shipments to Japan ⓘ
isOneOf world’s busiest shipping lanes ⓘ
locatedIn Southeast Asia ⓘ
namedAfter Malacca ⓘ
partOf maritime route between Europe and East Asia ⓘ
passesNear Malacca ⓘ
surface form: Malacca City

Medan ⓘ
Penang ⓘ
Port Klang ⓘ
patrolledBy Indonesian Navy ⓘ
Royal Malaysian Navy ⓘ
Royal Thai Navy ⓘ
separates Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
strategicFor energy transportation ⓘ
global trade ⓘ
subjectTo multinational maritime security cooperation ⓘ
usedFor bulk cargo shipping ⓘ
container shipping ⓘ
oil transport ⓘ

Referenced by (126)

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

Asia-Pacific → hasMajorSeaLane → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Southeast Asia → borderedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasStrategicStrait → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Malaysia → borderedBySea → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
South China Sea → connectedTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
South China Sea → hasStrait → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Old Malay → usedInRegion → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Bay of Bengal → connectedTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Sumatra → borderedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Sumatra → separatedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Medan → locatedNear → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Straits Settlements → namedAfter → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Andaman Sea → connectedTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Srivijaya Empire → controlledRoute → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Great Nicobar Island → near → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
Malacca Sultanate → locatedIn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Strait of Malacca region
Johor Sultanate → region → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Johor Sultanate → locatedOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Maritime Southeast Asia → crossedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Singapore Strait → connectsTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Straits of Johor → connectsTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Indonesian archipelago → hasStrait → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
Federation of Malaya → seaBorder → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Greater Sunda Islands → borderedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Gulf of Thailand → connectedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Perak → hasBorderWith → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Perlis (maritime boundary via Straits of Malacca)
Perak → hasCoastOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Negeri Sembilan → hasCoastOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Kedah → hasCoastlineOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Malay Peninsula → bordersBodyOfWater → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Malay Peninsula → notableStraitNearby → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Selangor → locatedOnCoastOf → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Selangor → borders → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
Johor → borders → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Johor → hasCoastlineOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Perlis → hasCoastOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits of Malacca
Lombok Strait → alternativeTo → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Malacca → locatedOnCoastOf → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Malacca → hasCoastlineOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Penang → locatedInBodyOfWater → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Nicobar district → locatedNear → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
INS Baaz → overseesRegion → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
Indo-Pacific region → hasPart → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Asia–Caribbean shipping routes → usesMaritimeChokepoint → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
North Sumatra → borderedBy → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malacca Strait
Acehnese → tradeNetworkRegion → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Aceh → bordersStrait → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Riau → borders → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
Riau → locatedOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ
India–Southeast Asia → locatedOn → Strait of Malacca ⓘ