PALK STRAIT

pôk, pôlk, 40 to 85 mi (64–137 km) wide, between India and Sri Lanka. It is studded with shoal reefs called Adam's Bridge and by small islands off the Jaffna peninsula. The strait's treacherous waters are avoided by most ships. A train-ferry crosses the strait (c.20 mi/32 km) between Dhanushkodi, India, and Talaimannar, Sri Lanka.

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books on: Palk Strait  - 47 results

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Principles of Political Geography
Book by Hans W. Weigert, Henry Brodie, Edward W. Doherty, John R. Fernstrom, Eric Fischer, Dudley Kirk; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1957
Subjects: Geopolitics
...Perouse Strait, Tsugaru Strait, Tsushima and Shimonoseki Straits. The Strait of Ormuz, giving access...island from the mainland, Palk Strait separates Ceylon from the...Indian mainland, and the Straits of Messina lie between Sicily...
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Handbook on Ocean Politics & Law
Book by James C. F. Wang; Greenwood Press, 1992
...Malaysia 20 Kara Strait USSR 19 Palk Strait Ceylon/ India 3 Strait of Malacca 00 South Indonesia/ Malaysia 8 Strait of Hormuz Iran/ Muscat Oman 21 Bab...miles in width or less. There are 106 straits in total which would be overlapped...
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Boats of South Asia
Book by Seán McGrail, Lucy Blue, Eric Kentley, Colin Palmer; RoutledgeCurzon, 2003
Subjects: Boatbuilding--South Asia, Boats And Boating--South Asia, Maritime Anthropology--South Asia, South Asia--Social Life And Customs
...Manohar. Hasler, H.G., 1950. Balance-board boats of Palk Strait, Mariners Mirror 36: 265-6. Hawkins, C.W., 1965...1922. Indian pearl fisheries of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay, Madras Fisheries Dept. Bull . 16: 1-188. Hornell...
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India and Pakistan: A General and Regional Geography
Book by O. H. K. Spate; Methuen, 1954
Subjects: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
...Cambridge ALTHOUGH Ceylon is separated from India by a strait only some twenty miles wide, it has a very marked individuality...There have also been actual movements of peoples across Palk Strait; Tamil immigration in mediaeval, and perhaps in ancient...
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India, Pakistan, Ceylon
Book by W. Norman Brown; Cornell University, 1951
Subjects: India--Civilization
...9 50N. and longitudes 79 42E. and 81 53E. It is separated from the mainland by Palk Strait in the north and the Gulf of Mannar in the west. Between the strait and the gulf is a ridge of sandbanks, known as Adams Bridge, which nearly joins...
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journal articles on: Palk Strait  - 6 results

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India in the Indian Ocean
Journal article by Donald L. Berlin; Naval War College Review, Vol. 59, 2006
Subjects: Arms control & disarmament, Indian Ocean, International relations, National security, Political alliances, Sovereignty
...states; the importance of key straits for Indias maritime security...perimeter should extend from the Strait of Malacca to the Strait of...to these choke points: the Strait of Hormuz (Iran), the Bab...the Singapore and Malacca straits (Singapore and Thailand...above, to cut through the Palk Strait and so permit Indian intercoastal...
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Statehood in South Asia
Journal article by Ainslie Embree; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1997
Subjects: Bangladesh--Politics and government, Concord--Social aspects, India--Politics and government, Pakistan--Politics and government, South Asia--Politics and government, Sri Lanka--Politics and government
...being trained and armed into a formidable guerrilla force in the Indian state of Tamilnadu, a few miles across the Palk Strait from Jaffna, with the knowledge of the Indian government.(30) Out of desperation, but with considerable political...
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Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang
Journal article by Yao Souchou; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 22, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941: Kedah and Penang (Book)--Book reviews
...formations had yet to be broken up by the making of modern nations. From Kashmir, Macedonia-Montenegro border to the Palk Strait between Northern Sri Lanka and the Indian coast: the freedom of movement offers the opportunities for trade and cultural...
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Fourth World Colonialism, Indigenous Minorities and Tamil Separatism in Sri Lanka
Journal article by Bryan Pfaffenberger; Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Vol. 16, 1984
Subjects: Asia
...dwells along Jaffnas north coast, are communities that have virtually specialized in smuggling contraband across the Palk Strait. This ocupation has long bred a disrespect for the law (in other words, for Sinhalese law) and, of course, a familiarity...
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Developing Capacities for Disaster Risk Reduction in the Built Environment: Capacity Analysis in Sri Lanka
Journal article by Kanchana Ginige, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh; International Journal of Strategic Property Management, Vol. 14, 2010
Subjects: Emergency preparedness, Risk management, Sri Lanka, Studies
...factors briefly as follows. "Sri Lanka is separated from the Indian subcontinent by a trip of shallow water, the Palk Strait, which at its narrowest is about 40 km wide. It has the Gulf of Manner to its west, the Indian Ocean to its south...
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magazine articles on: Palk Strait  - 4 results

 
 
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The Lure of the Orient: At the Height of the Roman Empire, Hundreds of Merchant Ships Left Egypt Every Year to Voyage through the Red Sea into the Indian Ocean, Exchanging the Produce of the Mediterranean for Exotic Eastern Commodities. Raoul McLaughlin Traces Their Pioneering Journeys
Magazine article by Raoul Mclaughlin; History Today, Vol. 60, August 2010
Subjects: Merchant ships--Economic aspects, Roman Empire, 30 BC-476 AD--History, Voyages and travels--History
...not sail safely through the treacherous Palk Strait, which separates Sri Lanka from India...Castricius Aprinus had authority over the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb, which is the entrance...that forms Pillars of Hercules like the Straits of Gibraltar. It appears that Roman...
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The Legacy of Christian Friedrich Schwartz
Magazine article by Robert Eric Frykenberg; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 23, July 1999
Subjects: Christianity, Evangelism, History, India, Missionaries, Personal profiles, Schwartz, Christian Friedrich (1726-98)
...This task involved caring for congregations in Thanjavur, Tiruchirapalli, and Tirunelveli. In 1760 he crossed the Palk Strait and traveled among Tamil villages of Jaffna (Dutch Ceylon, now Sri Lanka). Two years later, while visiting Tiruchirapalli...
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Avarna and Adivasi Christians and Missions: a Paradigm for Understanding Christian Movements in India
Magazine article by Robert Eric Frykenberg; International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Vol. 32, January 2008
Subjects: Christianity, Christians, Color, Cultural identity, Food service, Religion, Religious conversion
...south turned to Christianity. Paravar fishermen, pearl divers, pirates, smugglers, and traders on both sides of the Palk Strait faced perpetual oppression. Their work was hazardous, requiring courage and resourcefulness, for predatory armies...
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Tiger Trouble
Magazine article by Chris Smith; The World Today, Vol. 56, July 2000
Subjects: Civil war, Government, India, International relations, Military policy, Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers
...The Norwegians have also offered to work in tandem with the Indians. The trickle of refugees drifting across the Palk Strait towards the Tamil parts of India may soon become a flood. This is growing evidence that the Sri Lankan buck will almost...


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newspaper articles on: Palk Strait  - 3 results

 
 
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Hindus Rip Plan to Breach Mythical Bridge; Indian Shipping Channel Would Cut Travel, Costs
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 22, 2007
Subjects: Travel, Water transportation
...the agency had the Adams Bridge in Palk Strait - known as Ram Sethu in India - carbon...anthropological status of the ocean bed in Palk Strait cannot be determined by the...through the existing waterway across the Palk Strait made shallow by Adams Bridge...
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Sri Lankan Army Routed in Significant Setback: 1,400 Fighters Killed in 3-Day Battle for Strategic Town, Military Facility
Newspaper article by Ben Barber; The Washington Times, October 10, 1998
...1991 assassinated Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi while he was campaigning in Tamil Nadu state, across the narrow Palk Strait from Sri Lanka. They have also detonated truck bombs in Colombo and other places, causing indiscriminate mass casualties...
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QUIZ OF THE DAY; Coffeebreak
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 20, 2008
QUIZ OF THE DAY; Coffeebreak. 1. Which two countries are separated by the Palk Strait? 2. What is the name of the lightweight dome-shaped structure invented by R. Buckminster Fuller? 3. What in Japan is the...


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encyclopedia articles on: Palk Strait  - 4 results

 
 
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Palk Strait
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PALK STRAIT pok, polk, 40 to 85 mi (64 137 km) wide...islands off the Sri Lankas Jaffna peninsula. The straits treacherous waters are avoided by most ships. A train-ferry crosses the strait (c.20 mi/32 km) between Dhanushkodi...
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Adam's Bridge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...shoals, c.18 mi (30 km) long, SW Palk Strait , between India and island nation...around Sri Lanka instead of through the Palk Strait. According to Hindu tradition...proposed ship channel through the Palk Strait and Adams Bridge has been protested...
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Jaffna
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JAFFNA jaf n , peninsula, northernmost part of Sri Lanka, separated from India by Palk Strait. The peninsula is densely inhabited, largely by Tamil-speaking people. Jaffna suffered under the Portuguese and Dutch occupations...
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Tamil Nadu
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...north and Nilgiri and Anai Malai Hills on the west, the state has large fertile areas along the Coromandel Coast, the Palk Strait, and the Gulf of Mannar. Agriculture is the chief occupation. The main industries are food processing and the manufacture...


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