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SAPY STRAITS

Volume 19 · 54 words · 1842 Edition

These are between the east end of the island Sumbawa, and the west side of Commodo or Rotten Island. The southern entrance is in long. 119. 20. E. and lat. 8. 40. S. Numerous small islands are found in this strait, which by contracting, increase the rapidity of the current, and render navigation dangerous.