🚤 Bougainville Strait

Papua New Guinea · Oceania · 6.73°S, 156.28°E

Quick facts

Country	Papua New Guinea
Continent / region	Oceania
Coordinates (approx.)	6.73°S, 156.28°E · view on map
Distance to the equator	749 km south of it
Solar time	UTC+10:30 — read from longitude, so it is the sky's clock rather than the government's
Sun today (UTC)	Rises 19:07, sets 07:30 — 12 h 23 min of daylight

Bougainville Strait is located in Papua New Guinea, in Oceania.

Closest straits

Blackett Strait — 173 km away, in Solomon Islands
Blanche Channel — 248 km away, in Solomon Islands
New Georgia Sound — 296 km away, in Solomon Islands
Saint George's Channel (Papua New Guinea) — 479 km away
Ironbottom Sound — 496 km away, in Solomon Islands

Straight-line distances on a sphere, computed from the coordinates. A road would be longer.

More straits in Papua New Guinea

China Strait · Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea) · Saint George's Channel (Papua New Guinea) · Steffen Strait · Torres Strait · Vitiaz Strait · Ward Hunt Strait.

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