Dampier Strait in Papua New Guinea separates Umboi Island and New Britain, linking the Bismarck Sea to the north with the deeper Solomon Sea to the south.
Dampier Strait seen from space. Also visible are Umboi Island (west), New Britain (east) and Sakar Island (north). (false colors)
Vitiaz Strait
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The Vitiaz Strait is a strait between New Britain and the Huon Peninsula, northern New Guinea.
Dampier Strait (Papua New Guinea)
…vested in Australia. On 8 March 1942, the Japanese landed two battalions at Lae and Salamaua on the Huon Gulf giving them control of the Dampier and Vitiaz Straits. In December 1943 American forces landed on New Britain. General Douglas MacArthur announced that Rooke Island (Umboi Island) had been occupied…
Imperial Russian corvette Vitiaz, namesake of the strait