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The Karimata Strait (alternatively, Carimata [1] or Caramata; [2] Indonesian: Selat Karimata) is a wide strait that connects the South China Sea to the Java Sea, separating the Indonesian islands of Belitung to the west and Borneo to the east.
The border then follows the line of ridges along the watershed between major rivers following northwards into the South China Sea, and those flowing eastwards, southwards and westwards into the Celebes Sea, Java Sea and Karimata Straits until Tanjung Datu at 109° 38'.8 E 02° 05'.0 N in the western extremity of Sarawak.
Bangka Belitung is bordered by the Bangka Strait to the west, the Natuna Sea to the north, the Java Sea is to the south and the Karimata Strait to the east; the two principal islands are separated by the Gaspar Strait, within which lie lesser islands such as Lepar, Pongok (or Liak) and Mendanau. The province's capital and largest city is ...
Karimata has a wide range of ecosystems, from mangroves and tropical rain forest in the lowlands to montane shrubland on the summit of the c.1,000 m (3,281 ft) mountain (a spectacular example of the Massenerhebung effect). The mountain is composed of granite.
Maya Karimata (now just called Maya or Maja) is an island in North Kayong Regency in West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. Its area is 992.1 square kilometres (383.1 square miles).
Selat Gaspar: Indonesia National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA The Gaspar Strait ( Indonesian : Selat Gaspar ) is a strait separating the Indonesian islands Belitung (formerly English: Billiton ) and Bangka .
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). [2]
Its last recorded position was over the Java Sea, Karimata Strait between the islands of Belitung and Kalimantan The aircraft crashed in the Java Sea, Karimata Strait between the islands of Belitung and Borneo ( 3°37′23″S 109°42′43″E / 3.623°S 109.712°E / -3.623; 109.712 ( AirAsia Flight 8501 crash