The Bay of Dili is a bay on the north coast of East Timor adjacent to Dili, its capital city. The bay forms part of Ombai Strait, which separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands.
View north east towards Cape Fatucama, which resembles a crocodile's nose
The Dili waterfront, c. 1901
Net fishing in the bay, c. 2006
Ombai Strait is an international strait in Southeast Asia. It separates the Alor Archipelago from the islands of Wetar, Atauro, and Timor in the Lesser Sunda Islands. The strait is also the western portion of a pair of international straits, the other one being Wetar Strait; the two straits combine to link the Pacific Ocean with the Indian Ocean.
Ombai Strait from Ai Pelo, East Timor, in 2018
The strait from Inur Pilila, Lauhata [de], East Timor, in 2018
Mudflats and mangroves at Kampungbaru, Ulmera [de], near Tibar Bay, East Timor, in 2018
A weedy scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa) at Tasitolu in 2007