Strait of Malacca

Water type: Sea
Connection to the ocean: Andaman Sea -> Bay of Bengal -> Indian ocean
Continent: Asia
Climate: Tropical

Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes

Siluriformes - Catfishes

The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 800 kilometres (500 mi) long and from 65 to 250 km (40–155 mi) wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean).

As the main shipping channel between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world.