The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 900 kilometres long and from 65 to 250 km wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest,
Malacca Strait
The Strait of Malacca as viewed from the city of Malacca, Malaysia. Besar Island ('Big Island') is visible in the distance.
A ship sailing on the Strait of Malacca, as seen from Bukit Melawati in Kuala Selangor.
Yearly haze from the smoke of raging bush fires, limiting visibility.
India has the 18th-largest exclusive economic zone with a total size of 2,305,143 km2. It includes the Lakshadweep island group in the Laccadive Sea off the southwestern coast of India and the Andaman
According to the Coastal hypothesis, early modern humans spread from Africa along the northern rim of the Indian Ocean.